Although he was the only fatal shark attack victim in the U.S. in 2021, the death of California boogie boarder Tomas Butterfield, 42, has unnerved the surfing community
MORRO BAY, Calif. (AP) A man killed by a Christmas Eve shark attack in central California was visiting family and had decided to go boogie boarding, friends and family members said. Tomas Butterfield, 42, of Sacramento was killed Friday morning in Morro Bay near Morro Bay State Beach, a spokesman for California State Parks confirmed to the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
Family members say a man killed by a shark on Christmas Eve in central California was visiting family and had decided to go boogie boarding before he was attacked