Two children and a man were airlifted to hospital after encountering difficulties while swimming at Main Sands beach in Margate, Kent, on Saturday afternoon. Emergency services, including paramedics, an air ambulance, and Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) crews, responded to reports of swimmers struggling in the water. Authorities later confirmed that the three individuals who were airlifted are now in stable condition.

In a separate incident the same day, a man in his 50s, a man in his 20s, and a teenage girl were rescued from the sea at Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. Essex Police reported that the older man remains in critical but stable condition, while the younger man and the teenager are recovering well.

These rescues follow a recent tragic event in West Mersea, Essex, where a mother and her daughter drowned while attempting to save a seven-year-old boy from the water. The boy, who is a relative of the two women and from Barking in east London, remains hospitalized and is fighting for his life. Authorities continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incidents and have urged caution to swimmers during the ongoing summer season.