Reader's Digest - USA (2019-07)

trouble and needs help. I will yell my

face off if that helps to get a point

across!”

Meanwhile, half a world away,

Eno and Lythcott lay bleeding in

the ravine. Any time Eno came to,

she was overwhelmed by her fear

of falling. “I’m slipping,” she said.

“Try to hang on,” Lythcott said.

“Help is coming.”

“How long?”

He had no idea. By then, his phone

battery had died. Now they were truly

alone.

Reader’s Digest Drama in Real Life

84 july/august 2019 | rd.com

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]

4:54 a.m. los angeles

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

embassy in Bali.

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.

5:14 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.

5:00 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!

4:59 a.m. hollywood, florida

Michelle George Michael says he’s by a

waterfall.

5:10 a.m. london

Rabia Gungor I’ve spoken to the police.

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.

Mikey Lythcott’s first Facebook post, at

4:36 a.m. Bali time, set off a chain reac-

tion of 516 concerned posts from friends

around the world that eventually led to

his rescue. Here are a few:

Help. In danger. Call police.

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