rocks and bringing them into the car. all of them resting well right now here in this hospital in pershing county. >> this was a huge rescue effort with several hundred volunteers involved, not to mention pple in the air as well. how exactly in the end were they found? >> reporter: it's pretty amazing how they were canvassing looking for this car. what at the end helped them out is the fact they were able to look at cell phone forensics, some specialists in this area were able to ping where they st got a signal from their phones and were able to then change their search from air and from land about the same time. they said they were able to spot the car and able to rescue this family after two days in this bitter bitter cold out here in northwestern nevada. >> that is simply astounding, stephanie elam, thank you so much. stephanie is at the site where we're expecting a news conference with doctors at the hospital where the family is. we'll get the latest update on their condition. in meantime i want to go next to one of the rescuers, chris montes who joins us by phone.