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Help. In danger. Call police.

Mikey Lythcott’s first Facebook post, at 4:36 a.m. Bali time, set off a chain reaction of 516 concerned posts from friends around the world that eventually led to his rescue. Here are a few:

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4:45 a.m. prague

Leah Schlossman Dude !!!!! Are you OK?

4:46 a.m. pocono mountains, pennsylvan­ia

Aimee Spevak I have a pin drop of Michael’s location.

4:47 a.m. raleigh, north carolina

Marcie Dean Corral Here is Tourist Police info: [posts it]

4:48 a.m. canada

Jackie Klobucar Tried one number so far but won’t let me call.

4:49 a.m. las vegas

Kaitlin Haggard Here are Indonesian police numbers by district: [posts a link]

4:53 a.m. raleigh, north carolina

Josh Hofer Called the same number. I couldn’t communicat­e with the person at all. He said, “No English.” I asked if anyone there could and he said no.

4:54 a.m. los angeles

Paul Rocha I’m on the line with the U.S. embassy in Bali.

4:59 a.m. hollywood, florida

Michelle George Michael says he’s by a waterfall.

4:59 a.m. los angeles

Paul Rocha Embassy said he or someone locally needs to dial police and ambulance. I tried calling the police and it’s been busy.

5:00 a.m. the hague, netherland­s

Elizabeth Elmore I’m sending the duty officer at the U.S. consulate screen grabs of all relevant informatio­n right now.

5:07 a.m. vancouver, british columbia

Jen Sheppard I have some connection­s in Bali. I’m currently working on this.

5:10 a.m. cordova, alaska

Rachel Kallander I just reached out to a close friend with the State Department. Hang in there, Mikey!

5:10 a.m. london

Rabia Gungor I’ve spoken to the police.

5:14 a.m. raleigh, north carolina

Josh Hofer I’ve been on the phone with an officer for the last ten minutes. Sent them screenshot­s of his location, with varying levels of zoom.

5:17 a.m. los angeles

Paul Rocha All: I did a map search using his dropped pin and the fact that he said he’s by a waterfall and this is what I found: [posts map of the suspected area]

5:21 a.m. cordova, alaska

Rachel Kallander I am on phone with State Dept right now.

5:21 a.m. pocono mountains, pennsylvan­ia

Aimee Spevak Spoke with Christine Getzler-vaughan at Consulate General Surabaya. She has the pin drop of his location; I was able to send it over e-mail.

5:45 a.m. cordova, alaska

Rachel Kallander [Told the State Department] that he may be near Sweetwater Falls based on a very basic Google Earth search.

5:44 a.m. vancouver, british columbia

Jen Sheppard The police have been called by somebody in Ubud and given Mikey’s last known location.

6:21 a.m. pocono mountains, pennsylvan­ia

Aimee Spevak I got an e-mail from the American Consulate in Indonesia: “I have spoken with Mikey. We are working to get an ambulance out to him.”

8:14 a.m. prague

Caitlin UPDATE—HE IS OKAY AND IN THE HOSPITAL!

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