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Bethany hamilton is famous for persevering through a shark attack, this is her story.

When Bethany was 13 she was surfing at Tunnels Beach in Kauai with her best friend Alana Blanchard, Alana's father, Holt, and brother Byron. Around 7:30 a.m., with lots turtles in the area, she was lying on her surfboard with her left arm dangling in the water, when a suddenly 14-foot tiger shark came out of nowhere and attacked her, separated her left arm from her body just below the shoulder.

The Blanchards helped paddle her back to shore, then Alana's father fashioned a tourniquet out of a surfboard leash and wrapped it around the stump of her arm. She was rushed to Wilcox Memorial Hospital. By the time she arrived there she had lost over 60% of her blood and was in shock.

A doctor living in a hotel nearby raced to the rescue. Her father, who was scheduled to have knee surgery that morning, was already there, but she took his place in the operating room. She spent a week in recovery before being released.

She has confirmed that she felt normal when she was bitten and did not feel much pain from the bite at the moment of the disaster, but felt numb on the way to the hospital.

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The woman known as the “soul surfer” who lost her arm in a shark attack but went on to become a professional surfer said her faith in Jesus Christ carried her through the emotional pain and uncertainty she felt after her accident.

“I thought for a time I had lost more than just my arm,” said Bethany, who was attacked by a 14-foot shark when she was 13 years old in 2003. “I felt as though my hopes and dreams to become a pro surfer and venture the world were stripped away.”

Bethany, whose story was featured in the 2011 film “Soul Surfer,” said her faith in Jesus helped her to lean on “his understanding” rather than her own a paradigm that helped her power through the many obstacles she faced.

Rather than continuing to mourn the body she once had, Hamilton said the experience has helped her grow spiritually.

“I have no regrets for the adversity that God has allowed me to go through”. “I am now honored to be a role model and inspiration to many young girls throughout America and the world ultimately, to share the hope and salvation there is in Jesus Christ.”

Hamilton said that while some might be tempted to pity her, she views the 2003 attack and its resulting impact on her life as “something beautiful.”




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