30 Apr 2008 06:02:19

Jack Linthicum

Adrian Ruiz, killed by shark bite off Troncones Beach, Ixtapa

http://cbs5.com/local/mexico.shark.attack.2.711963.html San Francisco Surfer Dies In Mexico Shark Attack ACAPULCO, Mexico (CBS 5 / AP) -- A San Francisco surfer was killed in a shark attack off Mexico's southern Pacific coast, officials said Tuesday. Adrian Ruiz, 24, bled to death after a gray shark bit his right thigh, leaving a 15-inch (38-centimeter) wound, the Guerrero state Public Safety Department said in a statement. The attack occurred at the Troncones beach, near the beach resort of Ixtapa. The local newspaper Despertar de la Costa said Ruiz was about 300 yards offshore when attacked. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico could not immediately confirm details, but the local officials said Ruiz was surfing with a fellow American. The other man was not injured. The government statement said Ruiz suffered wounds "that reached from the hip to the knee, exposing the femur." He died a few minutes after reaching the hospital from loss of blood, according to the government statement. Shark attacks are relatively rare in Mexico. In 2006, the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History reported only one attack in Mexico, which was not fatal.

30 Apr 2008 21:21:53

Tony Malasadas

Re: Adrian Ruiz, killed by shark bite off Troncones Beach, Ixtapa

"Jack Linthicum" needlessly wrote: > San Francisco Surfer Dies In Mexico Shark Attack > Yeah, thanks for that. It wasn't covered by TV, radio, online news outlets, or any other media. --x-- Tony

30 Apr 2008 23:01:46

Re: Adrian Ruiz, killed by shark bite off Troncones Beach, Ixtapa

On May 1, 7:21=A0am, "Tony Malasadas" <tonybalo...@addyisphoney.net > wrote: > "Jack Linthicum" needlessly wrote: > > San Francisco Surfer Dies In Mexico Shark Attack > > Yeah, thanks for that. It wasn't covered by TV, radio, online > news outlets, or any other media. > > --x-- > Tony Actually this was the first I heard of it downunder, didn't someone post about going there recently? Well.... "I'm familiar with the fact that you are going to ignore this particular problem until it swims up and bites you in the ass."

01 May 2008 08:37:30

Mike Sullivan

Re: Adrian Ruiz, killed by shark bite off Troncones Beach, Ixtapa

<coffin_spit@weedmail.com > wrote in message news:cb2a7f00-4df2-45f3-b45b-5a63efd4c2c8@1g2000prg.googlegroups.com... On May 1, 7:21 am, "Tony Malasadas" <tonybalo...@addyisphoney.net > wrote: > "Jack Linthicum" needlessly wrote: > > San Francisco Surfer Dies In Mexico Shark Attack > > Yeah, thanks for that. It wasn't covered by TV, radio, online > news outlets, or any other media. Here's SF Chron article from today. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/05/01/MN1V10EEPI.DTL

01 May 2008 13:00:35

OBsurfr

Re: Adrian Ruiz, killed by shark bite off Troncones Beach, Ixtapa

"Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthicum@earthlink.net > wrote in message news:9b79c286-4d6a-4b55-b237-7cc8909150d9@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > http://cbs5.com/local/mexico.shark.attack.2.711963.html > > San Francisco Surfer Dies In Mexico Shark Attack > ACAPULCO, Mexico (CBS 5 / AP) -- A San Francisco surfer was killed in a > shark attack off Mexico's southern Pacific coast, officials said > Tuesday. > > Adrian Ruiz, 24, bled to death after a gray shark bit his right thigh, > leaving a 15-inch (38-centimeter) wound, the Guerrero state Public > Safety Department said in a statement. > > The attack occurred at the Troncones beach, near the beach resort of > Ixtapa. The local newspaper Despertar de la Costa said Ruiz was about > 300 yards offshore when attacked. > > The U.S. Embassy in Mexico could not immediately confirm details, but > the local officials said Ruiz was surfing with a fellow American. The > other man was not injured. > > The government statement said Ruiz suffered wounds "that reached from > the hip to the knee, exposing the femur." > > He died a few minutes after reaching the hospital from loss of blood, > according to the government statement. > > Shark attacks are relatively rare in Mexico. In 2006, the > International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural > History reported only one attack in Mexico, which was not fatal. Johanne Vanmeter was there this past March. Unemployed Floyd