- Leeanne Ericson needs your help - 1 Update
| "Rob Gibbings" <robg1978@yahoo.com>: May 31 04:29AM +0200 https://www.gofundme.com/leeannes-medical-fund Shark attack victim identified as mother of 3 http://www.ocregister.com/2017/05/01/shark-attack-victim- identified-as-mother-of-3/ The woman attacked by a shark over the weekend off San Onofre State Beach was identified by friends as Leeanne Ericson, a mother of three who was camping off the military base, according to news reports. The shark attack – which tore away parts of her leg – happened around 6:30 p.m. Saturday on the remote, cobblestone beach just south of San Clemente in San Diego County. Meanwhile, San Onofre, San Clemente State and San Clemente City beaches remain closed Monday. A spokesperson from Scripps Medical Center in San Diego said Ericson is still in critical condition. According to friend Laura Smith, Ericson loved the ocean and joined her boyfriend in the water, according to a report by CBS 8. "She was swimming, he was surfing and I guess he heard her scream when he was on the board," Smith, a family friend, said in the report. "He jumped and dove off the board and went looking for her and found her on the bottom and brought her up on the surfboard. "If it wasn't for him, she wouldn't be alive," she said. Others jumped in to help, including a surfer who saw Ericson's boyfriend struggling to bring her to shore. A group of friends playing beach games also rushed over to help, including San Clemente resident Thomas Williams, who recently passed his EMT training test. One friend suggested they use a surf leash as a tourniquet, and they tied it around her thigh to ease the bleeding. "It was definitely to the point her hamstring was gone," said Williams, a few hours after the attack. "If she didn't receive immediate care, it was life-threatening." "All of the back of her leg was kind of missing." The injury was likely caused by a great white or a seven-gill shark, said Chris Lowe, director of the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach. In the CBS 8 report, Smith said doctors stabilized Ericson, but she remains in a medically induced coma. "There are three little girls that are quite nervous and anxious and it's going to be a shock," said Smith. "And the long run regardless of the bills – the bills are going to be that much more pressure on everything." The family is raising money on GoFundMe for Ericson's medical expenses. Local beaches will likely be closed through Wednesday morning. |
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