California sisters, 8 and 5, survived 44-hour ordeal by drinking fresh water from Huckleberry leaves

The 8-year-old and 5-year-old sisters are reunited with their family after wandering away from their North California home.Two young sisters who survived for 44 hours in the wilderness of Northern California before they were found alive on Sunday did so by using basic survival skills they learned at their local 4-H club.Carolina Carrico, 5 and Leia Carrico, 8, were discovered around 10:30 a.m. by two firefighters who were able to follow their tracks and locate them, Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal told reporters."This is an absolute miracle," he said. (Humboldt County Sheriff's Office)Lt. Mike Fridley said during a news conference Saturday that rescuers were hopeful about finding the girls after granola bar wrappers were found in the woods that matched the brand in the Carrico's residence that their mother said were recently purchased."So the wrappers showed us a direction from where they started to where the wrappers ended," Fridley said.CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APPFridley said Sunday he was the one who got to call the girls' mother and tell them her daughters were alive."She melted on the phone," he said.Fox News' Nicole Darrah and the Associated Press contributed to this report.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.