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Saying Goodbye to Lucas

  • Candace Ransom shares a moment with her friend Linda Kirschner while writing the number 9 on a set of balloons in memory of her son Lucas Ransom before a paddle-out memorial near the Oceanside, Calif. pier. The number 9 was Lucas's water polo number at Perris High School in Riverside County. The UC Santa Barbara student was killed after being bitten by a shark while surfing with friends off the coast of Santa Barbara. (The Press-Enterprise/ Mark Zaleski)
  • Family and friends release balloons with messages written on them in memory of Lucas Ransom during a paddle-out memorial near the Oceanside Pier. (The Press-Enterprise/ Mark Zaleski)
  • Friends of Lucas Ransom hold flowers while waitingfor the start of the paddle-out memorial near the Oceanside Pier. (The Press-Enterprise/ Mark Zaleski)
  • Family and friends signed a boogie board in memory of Lucas during a paddle-out memorial near the pier in Oceanside, Calif. (The Press-Enterprise/ Mark Zaleski)
  • Body boarders and surfers run into the Pacific Ocean in memory of Lucas Ransom during a paddle-out memorial near the Oceanside Pier. (The Press-Enterprise/ Mark Zaleski)
  • Family and friends gather around Travis Ransom, center, in the Pacific Ocean during a moment of silence in memory of his brother, Lucas Ransom, during a paddle-out memorial near the Oceanside Pier. (The Press-Enterprise/ Mark Zaleski)
  • Family and friends gather near Travis Ransom, bottom, in the Pacific Ocean as they shout out Travis's brother name Lucas during a paddle-out memorial near the Oceanside Pier. (The Press-Enterprise/ Mark Zaleski)
  • Travis Ransom rides the first wave onto shore on hisbody board in memory of his brother, Lucas Ransom,during a paddle-out memorial near the Oceanside Pier. (The Press-Enterprise/ Mark Zaleski)
  • Lucas Ransom brother, Travis, spends a moment alone before releasing a balloon in memory of his brother after the paddle-out memorial.(The Press-Enterprise/ Mark Zaleski)
  • Robert Garcia waits for his friends on the beach after riding the waves in memory of Lucas Ransom at the end of a paddle-out memorial near the Oceanside Pier. (The Press-Enterprise/ Mark Zaleski)
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