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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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| A 19-year-old man is missing and two other men have been airlifted to hospital after being pulled from the sea on the East Sussex coast. | |
| Emergency services were called just after 12:30 BST to reports swimmers were in difficulty in the water. | |
| Officers performed CPR on two men before paramedics arrived on the scene, Sussex Police said. | Officers performed CPR on two men before paramedics arrived on the scene, Sussex Police said. |
| Both were then flown by helicopter to hospital where they remain in a serious but stable condition. | Both were then flown by helicopter to hospital where they remain in a serious but stable condition. |
| Three lifeboats joined coastguard helicopters to search for the missing man, but the RNLI stood its rescue crews down at about 16:20 BST. | |
| Insp Mark Evans said: "We are working to establish who these two men are and trace their family and friends. | Insp Mark Evans said: "We are working to establish who these two men are and trace their family and friends. |
| "We are continuing to support the search for the 19-year-old man from London who who is still missing. | "We are continuing to support the search for the 19-year-old man from London who who is still missing. |
| "It seems this has been three people who have got into trouble while swimming with the changing tides and coastline." | "It seems this has been three people who have got into trouble while swimming with the changing tides and coastline." |
| Elizabeth Howarth was by the sea 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." |
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