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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)

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)