55岁的Erica Fox在2024年12月21日于加州蒙特利Lovers Point附近海域游泳时遭鲨鱼攻击[1]。尸检报告于2025年7月29日发布，确认一次鲨鱼咬伤导致她的盆腔骨折和主动脉被切断，最终导致溺水身亡[1]。Fox的遗体于12月27日在圣克鲁斯西北方向的海滩被发现[1]。
Fox的丈夫Jean-Francois Vanreusal表示："唯一的安慰是Erica在她热爱的地方离开了"[1]。据统计，2025年全球鲨鱼咬伤共导致12人丧生，Fox是美国唯一的致命案例[1]。在更长的时间范围内，加州过去75年间共发生16起鲨鱼致死事件[1]。
Erica Fox, 55, died from injuries sustained in a shark attack while swimming near Lovers Point in Monterey, California on December 21, 2024 [1]. According to an autopsy report released on July 29, 2025, a single shark bite fractured her pelvis and severed her aorta, ultimately leading to drowning [1]. Her body was discovered on a beach northwest of Santa Cruz on December 27, 2024 [1].
Fox's death marked the only fatal shark attack in the United States during 2025, a year in which sharks caused 12 deaths globally [1]. California has recorded 16 fatal shark attacks over the past 75 years [1]. Her husband, Jean-Francois Vanreusal, reflected on her death by saying, "The only consolation is that Erica left us in a place she loved" [1].