NEWBURYPORT, MASS. (WHDH) - Two swimmers were hospitalized in critical condition after they were pulled from the water off Plum Island Point in Newburyport on Sunday, officials said.
Emergency crews responding to a report of a swimmer in distress around 7 p.m. found two swimmers in the water, according to a joint statement issued by City Marshal Matthew Simons and Fire Chief Stephen Bradbury III.
There were two boats occupied by fishermen in the area of the swimmers. One fishermen was able to bring one of the swimmers, who was unresponsive, to shore. The swimmer was quickly treated by Atlantic Ambulance EMS and Newburyport Fire crews.
The other swimmer was pulled into the second boat, which was met on the water by the U.S. Coast Guard. The swimmer was also unresponsive, and the Coast Guard crew rendered medical aid and transported the swimmer to shore.
Both swimmers, identified as a 25-year-old Lynn woman and a 24-year-old East Boston woman, were transported to area hospitals in critical condition.
“It was really just everybody racing to shore. Some other bystanders who were there had said that two women were in the water, and at the time that we arrived, they were still searching for them,” said witness Taylor Todd.
Newbury Police and Fire, the U.S. Coast Guard, Atlantic Ambulance and the Newburyport Harbormaster responded to the scene.
The incident remains under investigation by the Newburyport Police Department.
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