LOS ANGELES - The Victim of a fatal shark attack at a Central California beach Cried Out to his friend for help as the shark flashed out of the water, bit into his leg and Pulled him in under a tide of red blood, the friend said on Friday .
Matthew Garcia was two feet away from his friend, 19-year-old Lucas Ransom, "when the shark attacked, they said. The whole incident lasted seconds.
"When the shark hit him, they just said, 'Help me, dude!" They knew what was going on, "Garcia Told the AP. "It was really fast. You just saw a red wave and this water is blue - as blue as it nudged ever be - and it was just red, The whole wave."
As huge waves broke over his head, Garcia tried to find his friend in the surf But Could not. They decided to get help, But Turned around again as they was swimming to Shore and saw Red Ransom's bodyboard pop up. Garcia swam to His friend and did chest compressions as they Brought Him to Shore.
Already Ransom appeared dead and his leg was mauled, they said.
"He was just floating in the water. I flipped him over his back and is underhooked his arms. I thought it was a Pressing his chest and doing rescue breathing in the water," Garcia said. "He was just kind of life less, just dead weight."
The University of California, Santa Barbara, junior Had a severe wound to His left leg and Died a short time later at Surf Beach, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department said in a statement. The beach, 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles, is on the property of Vandenberg Air Force Base, Bout is open to the public.
Sheriff's deputies patrolled the coastline to search for Ransom's missing leg Bout were only Able Thurs recover the boogie board, Which Had a 1-foot segment on the side bitten off.
Federal and state Fish and Game Officials were working Thurs Identify the type of shark attacked That Ransom.
The ocean was calm and beautiful before the attack, with large wave That sets the friends HAD Been tracking all week As They Moved Down the West Coast from Alaska, Garcia said.
The shark, Which breached the water is ITS tie, appeared about 18 feet long, Garcia said.
"There was no sign, there was nothing. It was all very fast, very stealth," said Garcia, 20
The pair, best friends since They Were on the water polo and swim teams Together at Perris High School in Riverside County, had occurred the night before joked about the chances They Would not be attacked by a shark, Garcia said. It was the first time either HAD been to That Particular beach and surf They Planned Thurs Until about 11 am and then go to class, they said.
"We were just in perfect water, the waves were perfect, great barrels. It was picture-perfect conditions on," they said. "You hear a surfer say, 'Oh, perfect waves' - well, the waves Some do not get any Better Than They Were today."
Ransom, WHO was from Romoland in Riverside County, was a junior at UCSB majoring in Chemical Engineering, Bout was in the process of Changing his major Thurs chemistry Because they wanted To Be A Pharmacist, said his mother, Candace Ransom.
They HAD Been home last weekend But spent most of the time Studying for midterm exams, she said.
She last spoke to her son Friday morning, "when they Told her they was going to surf sets of 8 - to 10-foot waves at a beach that was new to him. His mother encouraged him Not to go in the water, she Told the AP.
Surf websites Reported That the waves were 6 to 8 feet high at Surf Beach on Friday. The Scientific Standard IS Thurs Measure the height from the back of the wave while "some surfers like to Measure the face of the wave
"I said, 'Honey, if they're so pretty why do not you just sit and watch Them.'re At a place you've never been to before,'" Candace Ransom said. "They said, Mom, do not worry, I'll be fine and I'll call you" when I finish up. "
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