CARNEY ALERT: Immediate Assistance Required

Must have been quite a night for CNBC's John Carney. He tweets:

I left my phone in a cab last night. Now I'm watching it on icloud. Cruising around midtown. No one answering it.
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

Right now it's on 79th and 2nd avenue. If you are near there, please hail a cab and bring me my phone.
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

I actually have the cab medallion # but no way of calling TLC.
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

Now it's getting intense. This is like a suspense novel. icloud tells me i have just 20% battery remaining. Tick tock tick tock.
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

Last location (1 minute ago) 81st street and west end avenue. 19% battery left.
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

Weirdly, medallion number doesn't show up in TLC data base. 9A34.
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

Okay. I'm stepping away from my computer. Probably not getting phone back ever.
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

Where my phone has been this morning. twitter.com/carney/status/…
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

UPDATE

More tweets:

Traffic must be bad on 46th street right now.Phone just kind of stalled between 7th and 8th avenue.
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

12%
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

UPDATE 2

Someone in the cab with my phone just went to Madison Square Garden. twitter.com/carney/status/…
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

I'd get in a cab and try to follow my phone, as @tparms suggests, but I'd have no way to track it mobilely.
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

Currently at 11%. Headed south on 7th Avenue and 26th street. Hail cabs like crazy if you are nearby, please.
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

RT @aileenmarkowsky: @carney @tparms send a friend after it. You stay on the computer and stay in touch with your friend via their cell
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

10%. Now on Madison and 28th, heading east.
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

Yes.That's a really good feature. Hope it works. RT @quintendf: @carney have you sent a message to your screen with your contact info?
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

FINAL UPDATES:

A heartbreaking end to my attempt to use Twitter to find my phone. twitter.com/carney/status/…
— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

Thanks to everyone for your support and very helpful suggestions.If you find yourself in a cab in midtown, look at the floor please.

— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

The good news is that all my stuff is backed up on my computer and icloud, so nothing important has been lost. Just the handset.

— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

Signing off. Time to go get a new phone. Thanks for playing everyone.

— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013

Back up and running on new phone.

— John Carney (@carney) May 5, 2013