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:
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!