BY IAN CROUCH
Two young swimmers are recovering in the John Hunter Hospital after getting into trouble on the Central Coast.
The Hunter's Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to Budgewoi Beach just before 4.30pm on Thursday where two young men aged 18 and 21 were dragged from the water by Lifeguards and bystanders after getting caught in a rip.
Paramedics treated the pair, who'd swallowed a fair amount of sea water during their ordeal, before they were flown to Newcastle in a stable condition for observation with non-life threatening injuries.
