Household Rescued After Being Stranded for Two Days on Island Off Cape Cod When Boat Caught on Fireplace

A household was rescued from a small island off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass. after they swam ashore when their boat caught on hearth.

The household of three was rescued and hospitalized on Wednesday, Oct. 22 after they had been discovered on Naushon Island, per the United States Coast Guard. Volunteers from the Naushon Belief, the group that owns the island, positioned the household and administered emergency first help.

The Sullivans had been lacking for nearly two days, and had taken shelter in a barn on the island. The Coast Guard later transported the household from the island to a close-by hospital, native ABC affiliate WCVB reported.

Two of the members of the family, Cynthia and Tyler Sullivan, are being handled at Cape Cod Hospital. Patrick Sullivan, Cynthia’s husband and Tyler’s father, was flown to the burn unit at Brigham and Girls’s Hospital. Tyler sustained third-degree burns on his arm, however stays in steady situation, based on the information station.

Once they had been rescued, the household suffered from smoke inhalation, burns, and publicity, Hyannis Deputy Fireplace Chief Jeff Lamothe informed the Cape Cod Instances.

PEOPLE has reached out to the Hyannis Fireplace Division for remark.

When their 30-foot boat caught hearth, the Sullivans had been pressured to swim to shore for security, based on ABC Information. A relative contacted authorities when the household didn’t return dwelling as deliberate on the night of Tuesday, Oct. 21.

“Fast pondering and having high quality tools allowed the household to outlive and name for assist,” Scott Backholm, a search and rescue mission coordinator from Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England stated in a press release, per ABC.

PEOPLE has reached out to the USA Coast Guard for remark.

The Coast Guard informed the outlet that the household had deliberate to stay anchored between Cape Cod and Martha’s Winery all through the weekend. Their boat, the Third Wave, departed Eel Pond close to Falmouth, Mass. on Oct. 17.

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Naushon Island is the most important of the Elizabeth Islands chain, which sits between Buzzards Bay and Martha’s Winery. Although a functioning a part of the city of Gosnold, the island is privately owned with solely sure areas accessible to the general public, per The Globe.