Photos: Body-boarder memorial in Oceanside

Friends and family wrote messages for shark victim Lucas Ransom on balloons that were released into the sky before the paddle-out.
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Candice Ransom, mother of shark victim Lucas Ransom, writes on balloons that were handed out and released by his friends and relatives before the paddle-out.
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Travis Ransom counts down to the moment hundreds of green balloons were released in remembrance of his brother, Lucas.
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Travis Ransom, Lucas’ brother, gets ready to lead the paddle-out in honor of his brother.
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Lucas Ransom’s mother, Candice Ransom, brought photographs of her sons as part of the memorial.
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People gather on the Oceanside Pier and in the water to pay their respects to shark victim Lucas Ransom.
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Participants form a circle just beyond the surf break for a moment of silence in remembrance of Lucas Ransom, 19, who was killed by a great white shark last week.
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A mourner holds flowers before dropping them in the ocean in remembrance of shark victim Lucas Ransom, 19.
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Friends and relatives gather on the south side of Oceanside Pier, a favorite spot of the Ransom family, to celebrate the life of Lucas Ransom, 19, killed last week by a great white shark.
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Surfers who joined the paddle-out memorial early in the afternoon for Lucas Ransom return to shore at the Oceanside Pier. The remembrance of the young man killed last week by a great white shark continued into the night.
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