'Throw the kid!': Fishermen rescue trapped family from yacht as it's engulfed in flames

  • Texas fishermen Michael Marquez and Mike Losoya spotted flames shooting up from a yacht off Galveston on Saturday 
  • The men yelled for a mother, father and grandfather to throw their six-year-old boy into the ocean so he could crawl onto their fishing boat
  • The family all jumped in, too. The boy was wearing a life vest no one was hurt in the fire

By Dailymail.com Reporter

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A Texas family out for a day of pleasure boating was saved by two Good Samaritans this weekend after their yacht was engulfed in flames.

Galveston fishermen Michael Marquez and Mike Losoya spotted the burning yacht on Saturday from their fishing boat and sped over to investigate.

Stranded aboard the burning vessel was a mother, 6-year-old son, his father and grandfather.

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Trapped: A yacht caught fire off Galveston, Texas on Saturday, trapping a family aboard including a 6-year-old boy

Trapped: A yacht caught fire off Galveston, Texas on Saturday, trapping a family aboard including a 6-year-old boy

Good Samaritans: Texas fishermen Michael Marquez (left) and Mike Losoya (right) spotted flames shooting up from a yacht off Galveston on Saturday

'My instinct was to get him off the boat and onto mine,' Marquez recalled about seeing the young boy among the family.

Marquez yelled to the family: 'Throw the kid! Throw the kid!'

The boy, who was wearing a life vest, eventually made it into the water and his mother jumped in after him.

'We got those two aboard my boat,' Marquez told KHOU. 'My first instinct was get outta there, get outta there with the kid, the boat's on fire.'

The men in the boat jumped thereafter and were picked up by a U.S. Coast Guard vessel.

'Throw the kid!': Marquez, the owner/operator of Out Coast Charters, said after the rescue that his first instinct was to save the young boy

'Throw the kid!': Marquez, the owner/operator of Out Coast Charters, said after the rescue that his first instinct was to save the young boy

'They were a little sad and disappointed about the boat but definitely happy that they were rescued and nobody was hurt,' Adam McDaniel with the U.S. Coast Guard told Click2Houston.

The boat sank about an hour after the rescue, according to NBC News.

The Coast Guard also tipped their hat to the Good Samaritans. 

'It's good that we had a quick response and we were able to save four people,' Seaman Jason Hall, said in a statement. 'It's also nice to see that there are good people that are willing to help.'

The area Coast Guard also tweeted:

'Good Sam just rescued 4 off Galveston Jetty. @USCG Station brought back. All are okay.'

 

 

 

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