Coast Guard audio captures stranded family's mayday call. 'Our ship burned while we were sleeping'

GOSNOLD, Mass. — Three family members who swam to a private island when their boat caught fire and sank were rescued two days later after their marine radio washed ashore.

“Mayday, mayday, mayday! Our ship went down in Tarpaulin’s Cove!” Tyler Sullivan told a Coast Guard dispatcher early Wednesday morning. “Our ship burned while we were sleeping, and we barely escaped!”