Sports can often create bonds between families that are unmatchable. That’s exactly the case for Justin Escalona, a 20-year-old college student from Palatine, Illinois.

Growing up in the suburbs, he began watching sports and attending Cubs games with his family at an early age. He attributes his love of baseball specifically to his father, who taught him how to play and spent countless hours watching games with him.

Now living in Los Angeles to study filmmaking at USC, Escalona hasn’t been able to spend as much time at home. When his beloved Cubs clinched a spot in the World Series for the first time in his life, however, he knew he needed to be there.

“My dad and I always used to say that we’d be at the World Series if the Cubs ever made it, ” Escalona told Sports Mockery. “This meant so much to me, and even more to him, so I did whatever it took to make it happen.”

Game 3 tickets were obviously out of most people’s price range, especially a college student, but that wouldn’t stop Escalona from living this dream with his father. He reached out to the ticket company Seat Geek to tell his story, and after hearing his touching goal they couldn’t turn him down.

The result? Escalona was on the next flight to Chicago, and he was able to share the greatest memory of his life with his father.

I flew from LA to Chicago to surprise my dad with @Cubs World Series tickets https://t.co/IiOLwqUlTw — Justin Escalona (@JustinEscalona) October 29, 2016

While the game didn’t go Chicago’s way, Escalona still cherishes the joy he was able to bring to his father.

“The look on his face when I showed him our tickets made me so happy, ” Escalona said. “To think that he and I got to share that moment together, I honestly still can’t get over it. Such an amazing experience.”

Cubs fans have been waiting for decades to witness their team in the World Series, and for the Escalona family, it was definitely worth the wait.