Sisters survive 13 days trapped in car by eating Girl Scout cookies, drinking melted snow

Sisters Leslie Roy and Lee Marie Wright.
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On Friday, a police helicopter spotted the reflection of a white Ford Explorer near the Crisp Point Lighthouse along Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Sisters Leslie Roy, 52, of Nebraska and Lee Marie Wright, 56, of Oklahoma, were trapped inside, two weeks after the SUV became stuck in the snow. The two were on their way to visit family, but were unable to call for help because they did not have cellphone reception. The car eventually lost power, and the sisters ended up surviving by wearing layers of clothes, eating the little bit of food they had in the car — Girl Scout cookies and a bag of cheese puffs — and drinking melted snow.

Roy and Wright said that while it was difficult, they never stopped believing they'd finally be rescued. "Through the days and nights while in the woods, we survived using love and hope in our families," they said in a statement to The Associated Press. "Our faith in God held our confidence that we would eventually be found. We took note of circling aircraft, available water resources, the supplies we had. These factors eased our mind and allowed us to stay alive for 13 long days."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.