FALMOUTH, Mass. (WPRI) — The United States Coast Guard rescued a family of three off Naushon Island Wednesday.

The family — consisting of a mother, father and son — left on their 30-foot boat from Eel Pond in Falmouth on Friday, according to the Coast Guard.

The trio had planned on remaining anchored between Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard for the weekend with the intent to return home Tuesday afternoon.

But the family awoke Monday night to a fire on the boat, which forced them to abandon ship and swim to the nearby island.

The family sought shelter in a barn on the island for more than a day before the son discovered that their boat's marine radio had washed ashore, per the Coast Guard.

The son made a mayday call Wednesday morning to the Coast Guard, which had searched throughout the

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