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- Woman who escaped from boat fire off Cape Cod with her husband and son dies at a hospital</p>
<p>MICHAEL CASEYOctober 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM</p>
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<p>A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter approaches Naushon Island, Mass. Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, where a couple and their adult son were rescued two days after their boat caught fire and they swam to shore. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP) ()</p>
<p>Asleep on their boat anchored off Cape Cod, the Sullivan family was awaken to their dogs barking, the sound of fireworks and smoke. Their boat was on fire.</p>
<p>Tyler Sullivan and his parents jumped from the boat Monday night and, in the darkness, began swimming to a nearby island owned by the Forbes family. Tyler and his father, Patrick Sullivan, survived, but Cynthia "Cici" Sullivan was badly injured during the ordeal and died Thursday at a hospital, a spokesperson for the Cape & Islands district attorney's office said. She was 73.</p>
<p>Patrick Sullivan, who was also injured in the fire, is awake and breathing without help, his family posted on Facebook.</p>
<p>Once the Sullivans reached the tiny island, they hunkered down in a barn and waited for help. They had left Falmouth on Friday and planned to return Tuesday after spending the weekend anchored close to Naushon Island, the largest in a chain of islands between the Massachusetts mainland and Martha's Vineyard.</p>
<p>By Tuesday night, relatives began to worry when the family hadn't returned and the Coast Guard joined local authorities in a search. Other boaters were alerted to the search efforts Tuesday night, according to audio provided by Broadcastify.com.</p>
<p>"Mariners are requested to keep a sharp lookout and assist if possible, and report all sightings to the Coast Guard," the alert said.</p>
<p>It wasn't until Tyler Sullivan found a marine radio washed up on the beach that he was able to call for help Wednesday.</p>
<p>"Mayday, mayday, mayday! Our ship went down in Tarpaulin's Cove!" he told a Coast Guard dispatcher, noting that he and his parents had taken shelter at a farmhouse. "Our ship burned while we were sleeping and we barely escaped!"</p>
<p>The dispatcher asked Sullivan about his parents' medical conditions and whether they were able to move around or sit up.</p>
<p>A Coast Guard helicopter rescued the family and flew them to a hospital. Sullivan's brother, Chris Sullivan, initially told WCVB-TV that his mother was in critical but stable condition. But he confirmed on Facebook that she had died.</p>
<p>"We played her some John Mellencamp as she passed, he was her absolute favorite, she adored him," he wrote. "This hurts more than anything I could have ever imagined, I am leaning on my close friends and family and my two young children. We will get through this together."</p>
<p>Scott Backholm, a search and rescue mission coordinator with Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England, credited the family for how they responded to the fire.</p>
<p>"Quick thinking and having quality equipment allowed the family to survive and call for help," he said in a statement.</p>
<p>Chris Sullivan praised his brother's actions.</p>
<p>"My brother saved both of them, he was able to get them off the boat under extremely chaotic circumstances, he doesn't want to be called a hero, but he is," he wrote on Facebook.</p>
<p>Authorities say the matter remains under investigation.</p>
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