(CNN) - A mother and her 9-year-old son who got lost in a California forest were rescued after authorities found handwritten notes asking for help. The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office says the ...

A mother and her 9-year-old son were found by a search and rescue team in the Sierra Nevada mountain range after leaving two handwritten SOS notes.

A mother and her 9-year-old son were found by a search and rescue team in Calaveras County east of Stockton after leaving two handwritten SOS notes.

A California mom and son were stranded in the woods after GPS led them off the path, but quick instincts helped rescuers find them just over 24 hours later ...

Search teams located a 49-year-old mother and her son who became disoriented in a California forest when their GPS failed, using handwritten notes to coordinate the rescue.

A mother and child stranded deep in the dense Stanislaus National Forest late last week left a trail of handwritten notes that helped their rescuers find them, officials announced this week.

She left two notes actually, held down by rocks. Her 9-year-old son also periodically blew a whistle three times in quick succession, which is an international signal for help, as they waited out ...