EPISODE · Mar 5, 2019 · 2 MIN
Sisters reveal how they survived 2 days in the woods
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The Carrico sisters, Leia, 8, and Caroline, 5, drank water off huckleberry leaves and made a fire to keep warm while lost in the woods of Northern California. READ MORE: https://abcn.ws/2H0YmMp Rescued California sisters, ages 8 and 5, say they survived by drinking rainwater from leaves and keeping 'happy thoughts' about their family Their rescue was described as a "miracle," but two girls who were lost in the Northern California forest over the weekend said Monday that they depended on each other to survive and had faith that their daddy was coming to save them. Leia Carrico, 8, and her 5-year-old sister, Caroline, spoke publicly for the first time, described how they got lost while walking on a deer trail and wandered past a fallen tree on their family's 80-acre property that their father, Travis Carrico, warned them never to go beyond. "Leia wanted a little, tiny more adventure. But I wanted more," Caroline said of how their misadventure Friday afternoon started.
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The Carrico sisters, Leia, 8, and Caroline, 5, drank water off huckleberry leaves and made a fire to keep warm while lost in the woods of Northern California. READ MORE: https://abcn.ws/2H0YmMp Rescued California sisters, ages 8 and 5, say they survived by drinking rainwater from leaves and keeping 'happy thoughts' about their family Their rescue was described as a "miracle," but two girls who were lost in the Northern California forest over the weekend said Monday that they depended on each other to survive and had faith that their daddy was coming to save them. Leia Carrico, 8, and her 5-year-old sister, Caroline, spoke publicly for the first time, described how they got lost while walking on a deer trail and wandered past a fallen tree on their family's 80-acre property that their father, Travis Carrico, warned them never to go beyond. "Leia wanted a little, tiny more adventure. But I wanted more," Caroline said of how their misadventure Friday afternoon started.
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