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Mark Ruffalo lost his phone and miraculously found it with the help of Twitter

The power of Twitter, eh?

YESTERDAY, MARK RUFFALO was walking the snow-covered streets of New York when the unthinkable happened: he lost his phone.

For a normal person, losing your phone in the middle of a blizzard would mean having to say goodbye to it and posting the dreaded, “New phone, send me your numbers!” status on Facebook.

But Mark Ruffalo isn’t a normal person and so he asked his 2.14 million followers on Twitter for help in locating his phone, offering a reward and an autographed photo as an incentive.

APB out for a cell phone in a wallet case out on the streets of NYC in a blizzard. My drivers license is in there. Reward and signed pic.
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) January 23, 2016

Mark Ruffalo / Twitter

People immediately got to work.

@MarkRuffalo Will be on the lookout!
— JenJen (@Niffer120) January 23, 2016

Jenn Jen / Twitter

And those who weren’t in New York were silently raging that they couldn’t join in the search.

@MarkRuffalo @Laurughh let's go to new york and find it
— Alice (@AliceHWinnie) January 23, 2016

Alice / Twitter

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Such is the power of Twitter that the phone was found in less than an hour.

OMG It was just found! That was freaking fast. Thanks for helping me find it!!
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) January 23, 2016

Mark Ruffalo / Twitter

The people responsible for finding the phone and wallet?

These little gals.

Thank Amenaide and Catherine Brown for finding my Phone and wallet! Thanks Brown family for your decency. pic.twitter.com/CJfcZz5gfj
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) January 23, 2016

Mark Ruffalo / Twitter

Proof that where there’s a will there’s a way.