JAY Slater’s best friend said he could hear the missing teen slipping on rocks during a final frantic video call.
The panicked 19-year-old phoned his pal Brad – who he was on holiday with in Tenerife – after getting lost last Monday morning.
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His best friend Brad is ‘not coping’ with his disappearanceITV This Morning/ Eroteme
Jay, Brad and friend Lucy Mae jetted to the island earlier this month to enjoy the three-day NRG festival.
After going to a rave that finished in the early hours of June 17, apprentice bricklayer Jay headed to Masca with two British men he had met that night.
He shared a final Snapchat from their Airbnb of a hand holding a cigarette at 7.30am.
Jay then tried to make his way back to his holiday accommodation – an 11-hour walk away.
But at around 8.50am he made a desperate call to his friend Lucy saying he was lost in the “middle of nowhere” and had just one per cent battery on his phone.
Jay also said he had cut his leg on a cactus and needed water.
It is unclear whether the call to Lucy was the same one to Brad, or whether they were separate phone calls.
Now Jay’s friend Brad has opened up their last conversation – saying Jay wasn’t initially concerned about walking back to their accommodation.
He told Isla Traquair on ITV’s This Morning he could hear Jay’s feet slide on the rocks.
Brad said: “That’s how I knew he went off the road because, you know when you walk on gravel, or whatever it is, you can… you know what I mean, stones.”
He admitted, however, he wasn’t worried at that point as Jay reassured him he was fine – but he did tell his friend to put his location on.
Brad added: “We were both, like, laughing about it. He said: ‘look where I am’.”
It comes after Brad’s mum told how he is “not coping” with Jay’s disappearance.
Both Brad and his mum Rachel Hargreaves have vowed to stay in Tenerife for “as long as it takes” to support Jay’s distraught family.
Cops on the island are now planning a large-scale search for Jay tomorrow and have pleaded for volunteers to take part – despite rejecting help from British police.
Authorities on the island last week insisted they had the resources they needed for the hunt.
Officials say the huge sweeping search will take place tomorrow in Masca from 9am.
Police confirmed they are not looking for “general” unexperienced members of the public to join the search.
Instead, they are requesting the help of those who are experts in dealing with rocky terrain as well as professional volunteers such as firefighters.
Their cry for help comes despite them turning down help from their British counterparts as they insisted they had all the resources required.