Coast Guard family boat fire island stranded.

Audio recordings released by the Coast Guard capture the distress of a family who was rescued two days after their boat caught fire and sank, forcing them to swim to a private island. Tyler Sullivan made a mayday call Wednesday morning after his family’s marine radio washed ashore, telling the dispatcher, “Our ship burned while we were sleeping, and we barely escaped.” He and his parents had spent the weekend anchored off Naushon Island between southeastern Massachusetts and Martha’s Vineyard. They spent two nights in an empty farmhouse before being rescued and taken to the hospital for treatment for their burns.