California police have confirmed that two young sisters who were missing for two days have been found.
Eight-year-old Leia Carrico and her five-year-old sister Caroline Carrico were last seen outside their home in Benbow, north west of Sacramento, on Friday at 2.30pm.
Authorities said the sisters vanished after walking off into a wooded area near their home.
On Sunday afternoon, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office announced that the girls had been found safely around 10.30am after they spent more than 48 hours in the woods.
Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal said during a press conference that the girls were found 1.4 miles away from their home.
He said the girls were trained in outdoor survival through their local 4-H club and that authorities believed that helped them.
They were also wearing boots and had eaten granola bars at some point while they were missing, he said.
‘I am pleased to report that we are all witnessing a miracle today,’ Honsal said.
Honsal said they were located by a a fire captain and firefighter who had been following their boot tracks in the search area.
Though the girls were dehydrated and cold, they were uninjured and ‘in good spirits,’ Honsal said.
The sheriff’s office also shared a photo of one of the girls being rescued.
‘Here’s a first look from the scene where first responders located the girls,’ the sheriff’s office tweeted in the caption of the photo, which showed a first responder talking with Caroline.
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