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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 02:42 PM
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11. The victim had a name -- Deborah Franzman.
Franzman was someone's daughter, someone's friend, someone's teacher.
She died a horribly violent death. I'll leave it at that.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-082003shark_wr,1,2228141.story?coll=la-home-leftrail
Los Angeles Times
Autopsy: Great White Shark Killed Swimmer
August 20, 2003

A 50-year-old college instructor taking a morning swim bled to death after she was attacked by a great white shark 15 to 18 feet long, preliminary autopsy results showed today.

Deborah Franzman of Nipomo was killed Tuesday as she swam 75 yards offshore alongside a group of seals. Witnesses reported seeing a large fin as Franzman screamed for help.
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Franzman likely bled to death after her left femoral artery was severed in the attack...
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Franzman was a sociology instructor at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria. She swam in the area by the Avila Beach Pier several times a week, friend Andrea Sanders said through tears.


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