Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a family of three stranded on a small island off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts on Wednesday morning.
The trio had set off on a 30-foot pleasure craft Friday from El Pond in Falmouth, and were expected to return Tuesday afternoon. When they didn't arrive, family members reported them missing, the Coast Guard said in a statement.
The mother, father and son had planned to remain anchored between Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard through the weekend, but Monday night they awoke to their boat, named Third Wave, in flames, forcing the family to abandon ship, according to the U.S Coast Guard.
They managed to swim to Naushon Island, the largest of the Elizabeth Islands, located east of Martha's Vineyard, taking shelter in a barn.
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