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U.S. NEWS Monday 17 SepteMber 2018

Shark attack victim was engineering student, outdoorsman

WELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) — A on the page. "He loved life,
26-year-old man who was he was an active member
killed in a shark attack off of a Christian church, de-
a Cape Cod beach had voting his life to the Lord.
been a part-time engineer- ... He loved hiking, biking,
ing student who was en- surfing and various other
gaged to be married and sports. ... He was always
loved surfing and other joyful and willing to help
outdoor activities, accord- others, even going as far as
ing to friends and school feeding the homeless.
officials. "He was happily engaged
Arthur Medici, of Revere, to a smart, kind-hearted
Massachusetts, was bit- medical student with a
ten by a shark Saturday bright future," it continued.
while boogie boarding off "Our lives are never going
Newcomb Hollow Beach to be the same without
in Wellfleet and later died him. His laughter filled our
at a hospital. He was the home and he will be great-
state's first shark attack fa- ly missed by us all."
tality in more than 80 years There also was an outpour-
and the second attack vic- ing of condolences on his
tim this summer on Cape Facebook page .
Cod. Medici had worked at The Two signs at the top of the dune at Newcomb Hollow Beach alert visitors that the beach is closed
The beach remained Capital Grille restaurant to swimming, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, in Wellfleet, Mass. A Revere man died after being bitten by
closed to swimming Sun- in Burlington, just outside a shark off Newcomb Hollow Beach on Saturday.
day. Flowers were placed of Boston, and left the job Associated Press
at the base of a sign that more than a year ago, res-
said "No swimming surfing taurant spokesman Rich
etc. until further notice," but Jeffers said.
some people were paddle- "Just like everybody else,
boarding in the water, the we're shocked and sad-
Boston Herald reported. dened," he said. "It's just ter-
A shark was spotted sev- rible." Medici was attacked
eral miles south of Wellfleet around noon as he and a
on Sunday, according to friend were boogie board-
the Atlantic White Shark ing. The friend dragged
Conservancy. him ashore, and people
Medici was a part-time en- on the beach attempted
gineering student at Bun- life-saving measures in-
ker Hill Community College cluding CPR and applying
in Boston last spring, the tourniquets. He was taken
school said in a statement to Cape Cod Hospital in
Sunday. It did not pro- Hyannis, where he was pro-
vide any other information nounced dead.
about his studies including On Aug. 15, a 61-year-old
why he wasn't enrolled in New York man was severe-
the current semester. The ly injured after fighting off
school offered condolenc- a shark off Truro, about 4
es to Medici's family and miles north of Saturday's at-
friends. tack. He's currently recov-
He moved to the U.S. from ering in a Boston hospital.
Brazil two years ago to at- Saturday's attack was the
tend college, friends told third fatal shark attack in
WCVB-TV. the world this year, with the
A GoFundMe page set up other two occurring in Bra-
by family and friends to zil and Egypt, according
cover funeral costs had to Gavin Naylor, director
raised more than $16,000 of the Florida Program for
as of Sunday afternoon. Shark Research and cura-
"Arthur was a very happy tor at the Florida Museum
young man," said a posting of Natural History.q