so it went for the next two hours.
Getzler-Vaughan frantically multi-
tasked, working by phone, text, and
e-mail, receiving and parsing a land-
slide of information from the Face-
book posse: screenshots, maps, tips,
phone numbers, Lythcott’s date of
birth, his family contacts, all with
the aim of sending a physical search
party to the correct location. Some-
one had even activated the U.S.
State Department’s emergency op-
erations center in Washington, DC.
Getzler-Vaughan passed on what she
knew to officials in Bali. At 5:29 a.m.,
less than an hour after his Facebook
SOS, she texted Lythcott: “Someone
from our office in Bali has the info
your friends have sent us.”
“Can’t move,” he typed back. Then
he added: “6 perrxcntt batt.”T
empers were beginning to fray
on Lythcott’s feed. His well-
intentioned friends were clog-
ging the thread by voicing concern or
requesting updates. In so doing, they
were burying important information
Balinese authorities would need if
they were to rescue him and Eno.
“For Christ’s sake, EVERYONE STOP
POSTING,” one poster snapped. “Un-
less you have an update we need
this thread to STOP NOW.” All capital
letters—the Internet’s cue that you are
raising your voice.
Another took exception: “Dude.
Please stop yelling at everyone.”
The reply: “Our friend is in seriousBIG DAYS
ARE RIPE
WITH
POTENTIAL©(^20)
(^18)
(^) Ke
llo
gg
(^) NA
(^) C
o.