At the age of thirteen Bethany Hamilton's passion was being on her board. She grew up in Hawaii with her parents that also loved surfing as much as she did. At such a young age she was on her way to becoming a surfing star. Unknowingly Bethany had a couple of roadblocks ahead of her. October 31,2003 she was on the water practicing, while resting on her board with her left arm dangling in the water a 14 foot Tiger Shark bit off her arm from the armpit down. She lost 60% of her blood and went into hypovolemic shock; this is a life threatening condition when your organs aren't getting enough blood or oxygen. Luckily Bethany made it to the ER and was placed on the operating table. She spent a week in recovery before being able to return home. Bethany refused to let the fact that she was an amputee keep her off her board.
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She continued chasing her dream as if nothing happened a year later, she won her first national surfing title in 2007. Bethany wrote an autobiography which turned into a film called Soul Surfer Annasophia Robb played Bethany Hamilton but the amputee footage is all Bethany’s. She is involved in many charitable events along with her own foundation which reaches out to encourage other amputees. Bethany often gives motivational speeches to share her story to encourage
She continued chasing her dream as if nothing happened a year later, she won her first national surfing title in 2007. Bethany wrote an autobiography which turned into a film called Soul Surfer Annasophia Robb played Bethany Hamilton but the amputee footage is all Bethany’s. She is involved in many charitable events along with her own foundation which reaches out to encourage other amputees. Bethany often gives motivational speeches to share her story to encourage