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Lovers Point shark attack victim identified by watch, ‘shark band’ on ankle

Erica Fox’s husband and Kelp Krawlers swim club members form a walking procession along the shoreline to retrace her last swim

Jean-Francois Vanreusel, the husband of Erica Fox, 55, the co-founder of the open-water swimming group Kelp Krawlers, gets a hug during a memorial for Fox at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. Fox’s body was recovered by firefighters on a beach south of Davenport yesterday, a week after she went missing while swimming on Sunday, Dec. 21, off Lovers Point, around the time a shark sighting was reported.  (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
Jean-Francois Vanreusel, the husband of Erica Fox, 55, the co-founder of the open-water swimming group Kelp Krawlers, gets a hug during a memorial for Fox at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. Fox’s body was recovered by firefighters on a beach south of Davenport yesterday, a week after she went missing while swimming on Sunday, Dec. 21, off Lovers Point, around the time a shark sighting was reported. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
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The tragedy has forced yet another reckoning for the Kelp Krawlers, many of whom made the decision to resume their weekly Lovers Point swims even after fellow club member, Steve Breummer, was pulled into the jaws of a great white in June 2022, surviving with severe leg injuries.
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