Helping to further narrow the search area: At approximately 5:40 p.m. Saturday, the search and rescue team located a handwritten note left by the mother asking for help, authorities said.

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.

(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 ...

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 9-year-old stranded in a California forest were rescued after leaving handwritten notes. Learn how search teams and HAM radio saved them.