Cape Cod shark attack: 'Sweet and humble' 26-year-old dies in first fatal attack in 80 years

26-year-old Arthur Medici was boogie boarding with his girlfriend's brother on September 15 when he fell off the board and was attacked by a shark
UPDATED SEP 16, 2018

The man from Massachusetts who was killed in a vicious shark attack at Cape Cod has officially been identified and has been described by his friends as being "sweet" and "humble". The authorities have said that 26-year-old Arthur Medici had been attacked when he went boogie boarding with his girlfriend's brother on September 15 afternoon at the Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

The Cape Cod National Park Service reported that at 12:30 pm the man from Revere was knocked off the board and then attacked by the shark. The police identified him on September 15 evening. 

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