The 22 years old boater had been rescued after spending eight days at sea in a life raft. According to audio from a radio call he made from the Chinese freighter that rescued him, he told the Coast Guard that he and his mother had been fishing when there was a "funny noise" in the engine department.

Nathan Carman has reached Boston, where he is supposed to be reunited with family and friends and interviewed by the Coast Guard. His 54 years old mother, Linda Carman, had been remained missing.

Carman told the Coast Guard on Sunday, "I looked, and I saw a lot of water," . He said that he had his mother "bring in the reel" while he "got the safety stuff forward." Then, the boat just "dropped out from under" his feet, he said, and when he saw the life raft, he could see his mother no longer.

Nathan Carman asked the Coast Guard if they had found her. When they answered "no," Carman said that he "got into the life raft" and got his "bearings" before whistling and calling her for his mother.

After being debriefed by the Coast Guard , Nathan Carman had been picked up by his father, who flew in from California. Nathan Carman and his mother were from Middletown, Conn., but he had recently been living in Vernon, Vt.

Nathan Carman was found more than 100 nautical miles from Martha's Vineyard, according to Coast Guard Petty Officer Nicole Groll. It had been more than a week since the 22 years old and his mother had been reported missing by family and friends.

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By Prakriti Neogi