Two young women remained in critical condition on Monday morning, hours after they were swept away while swimming and pulled unconscious from the water off the North Shore of Massachusetts, officials said.
The women, a 25-year-old from Lynn and a 24-year-old from East Boston, were rescued by fishermen in the area of Newburyport’s Plum Island Point after 7 p.m. on Sunday, according to City Marshal Matthew Simons and Fire Chief Stephen Bradbury III.
The swimmers, whose names haven’t been released, were brought to shore and rushed to Anna Jacques Hospital. The Lynn woman was later flown to a Boston hospital for additional treatment, while the East Boston woman was flown to a Burlington hospital…