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| Camber Sands sea search: One missing and two rescued | Camber Sands sea search: One missing and two rescued |
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| One person is missing and two others have been airlifted to hospital after being pulled from the sea on the East Sussex coast. | One person is missing and two others have been airlifted to hospital after being pulled from the sea on the East Sussex coast. |
| Sussex Police were called just after 12:30 BST to reports of a number of people in difficulty in the water. | |
| South East Coast Air Ambulance Service said two males were resuscitated before being taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition. | |
| Lifeboats joined coastguard helicopters to search for the missing person. | |
| The three RNLI lifeboats were stood down at 16:20 BST. | |
| Elizabeth Howarth was on the beach at the time. She tweeted: "We were on the beach just before it happened. Kids in the sea, no red flags. Hard to believe." | Elizabeth Howarth was on the beach at the time. She tweeted: "We were on the beach just before it happened. Kids in the sea, no red flags. Hard to believe." |
| She said she saw one man being resuscitated on the beach, adding: "They were working on him for so long, It looked bad." | She said she saw one man being resuscitated on the beach, adding: "They were working on him for so long, It looked bad." |
| Are you in Camber Sands? did you witness what happened? Please email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your experiences but do not endanger yourself. | Are you in Camber Sands? did you witness what happened? Please email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your experiences but do not endanger yourself. |
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