Lucas McKaine Ransom, 19, of Romoland, California died Friday morning October 22, 2010 after being attacked by what witnesses say was an 18 foot long shark at Surf Beach at Vandenberg Air Force Base, according to a story in the Lompoc Record.
The friend, Matthew Garcia, told The Associated Press that he was two feet from Ransom, who was wearing a wet suit, when the shark rose out of the water without warning and bit into Ransom’s leg. . . . Garcia says his friend cried ‘Help me, dude!’ before he disappeared under the water in a cloud of red. . . .Garcia was pounded by waves as he looked for Ransom. He estimates the shark was 18 feet long.
Garcia (who was on a surfboard at the time) found Ransom and pulled him to shore, but Ransom died on the beach. Ransom was junior at UCSB majoring in chemical engineering. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
[Link: Lompoc Record]
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