Lost Mother and Son ‘Did Everything Right’ to Lead Rescuers to Their Broken Car

Lost Mother and Son ‘Did Everything Right’ to Lead Rescuers to Their Broken Car

Lost Mother and Son ‘Did Everything Right’ to Lead Rescuers to Their Broken Car Tami Laird and her son Stirling – supplied by Tami Laird Despite a 2-day ordeal lost in deep woods, a mother and her son “did everything right,” stayed safe, and used a clever trick to help rescuers find them. The story began when Tami Laird and her son Stirling left their home in Calaveras County, California on July 11th to a Boy Scout camp. The camp director warned parents the road would be rough, so Ms. Laird had no objection about pulling off CA highway 4 onto a dirt road with the camp’s location plugged into the GPS app on her smartphone. That was the first and roughly only mistake she made that day. As the thick woods and remote country blocked the GPS from tracking them accurately, and despite following its directions for 30 minutes, it was clear from the deteriorating condition of the track and the camp still being 8 miles away that they had run dangerously awry of their route. Retracing their steps was …