Randy Fry, a seasoned abalone diver, was decapitated by an estimated 18-foot great white shark near Fort Bragg, California, an attack his diving partner said lasted just five seconds. Fry and his close friend Cliff Zimmerman had spent the morning trolling for fish before slipping into roughly 15 feet of water to hunt abalone along […] The post Diver killed by great white shark off California coast had told friends he wanted to die in the water appeared first on American Almanac .
Randy Fry, a seasoned abalone diver, was decapitated by an estimated 18-foot great white shark near Fort Bragg, California, an attack his diving partner said lasted just five seconds. Fry and his close friend Cliff Zimmerman had spent the morning trolling for fish before slipping into roughly 15 feet of water to hunt abalone along a stretch of rugged Northern California coastline. The spot sat beneath steep cliffs and was reachable only by boat. A third member of their group, Red Bartley, stayed topside as a lookout. All three men belonged to the Recreational Fishing Alliance. Zimmerman saw a fin surface between himself and Fry. Then the water erupted. The U.S. Sun reported that the shark struck Fry with what witnesses and experts…Open
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