MONTEREY: Surfer attacked by shark off Marina beach (Photos) #SurfReport

VIA – MONTEREY HERALD

Surfer attacked by shark off Marina beach
By DENNIS TAYLOR
Herald staff writer
Posted: 10/29/2011 12:06:34 PM PDT
Updated: 10/29/2011 01:04:25 PM PDT

California State Park Lifeguard Kevin Brady holds a surfboard with… (DAVID ROYAL/The Herald)

A Monterey man suffered multiple injuries Saturday morning when he was attacked by a shark while surfing at Marina State Beach.

Eric Tarantino, 27, was bitten on the neck and right forearm by a shark that took a 19-inch chunk from his red surfboard. The attack occurred shortly after 7 a.m., about 10 minutes after he and a friend, Brandon McKibben of Salinas, had entered the water.

With help from McKibben, Tarantino managed to get out of the water, then climbed to the parking lot on his own power, where a half-dozen or more fellow surfers used beach towels to apply a tourniquet to his arm and staunch the bleeding from his neck.

Paramedics arrived just minutes later and treated Tarantino at the scene before transporting him to Marina Municipal Airport, from which he was airlifted to San Jose Regional Medical Center…

For the full story and more photos go here:

http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_19223096

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