""Erica was doing what she loved - connected to the ocean, alive in her element. That matters. She didn't lose her life in fear, but in passion," Juan Heredia, a rescue diver who searched tirelessly for Fox, wrote in a statement."
""A harbor seal swam under me for close to a minute as I approached the beach, one of those wildlife-human interactions that we cherish," Rubin wrote. "Like the other swimmers, I was unaware that a tragedy was happening, with only the sounds of my own strokes splashing.""
Erica Fox disappeared from Monterey Bay on Dec. 21 in a suspected shark attack while open-water swimming. Multiple agencies and divers conducted an intensive search and recovered her body six days later. Fox was identified by personal items recovered with her remains, including a shark-deterrent band worn on her ankle. Fox co-founded the Kelp Krawlers and was a prominent local open-water swimmer. Fifteen swimmers were in the water when she vanished, and two witnesses on shore reported a possible shark encounter around noon. Lovers Point experienced a second shark encounter in three years, though such incidents remain very rare.
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