UPDATED: VIDEO: Two swimmers pulled from sea at Camber but one feared dead

The Coastguard helicopter at Camber Sands. Photo by Emma B SUS-160724-173803001

Two swimmers pulled from the sea in Camber are in a '˜serious but stable condition' while one person is still missing this afternoon (Sunday, July 24).

Emergency services rushed to Camber Sands after reports of people getting into difficulty at sea at around 12.40pm.

A 19-year-old man was pulled from the water unconscious by the coastguard before a second man was saved, a South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) spokeman said.

Both went into cardiac arrest but were resuscitated on the beach before being airlifted to hospital in a ‘life-threatening condition’, according to the SECAmb spokesman.

The coastguard rescue teams from Rye and Dungeness, helicopters from Lydd and Solent, Rye Harbour RNLI lifeboat, beach lifeguards and police searched for a third person, a 19-year-old man from London, last seen in the water.

Hastings and Littlestone RNLI lifeboats and independent inshore boat Pett Level Rescue Boat joined the search.

But the search party was stood down at around 4.20pm.

Some media outlets are reporting the swimmers were attacked by a swarm of jellyfish but police told the Observer this is not true.

The Coastguard helicopter at Camber Sands. Photo by Emma B SUS-160724-173751001

The coastguard helicopter landed on the beach and took the teenager to William Harvey Hospital in Ashford after he was resuscitated.

The second man, believed to be in his 30s, was reportedly treated on the beach and taken to the same hospital by the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance.

“A call was received at about 12.30pm to reports of a man who had disappeared while swimming,” a police spokesman said.