bethany hamilton
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Bethany Meilani Hamilton was born on February 8, 1990 in Kauai, Hawaii. She is a Hawaiian surfer , especially known as surviving a shark attack in which she lost her left arm with 13 year old. Finally when she recovered she return to surfing and she win a lot of competitions.
Who is she?
On October 31, 2003 , Bethany was surfing in the morning on a beach in Kauai with her friends. Around 7:50 am , approximately she was 300 meters from shore and lying on his table with her left arm under water, when a shark attacked her. Bleeding heavily , her friends helped her back to the shore. She lost the 60% of her blood
How the accident happened ?
Even with the fear of the incident , Bethany was determined to return to surfing. Only 10 weeks after the accident , she returned to surfing. She made a special board, making her easier to swimming and surfing. After learning to swim with one arm, she began surfing again in competitions .
When she returned to surfing?
adaptation
Soul Surfer
In 2004, Bethany wrote the story of her accident. She called her story Soul surfer: a true story of faith, familly , and fighting to get back on the board. (Alma de surfista: Una verdadera historia de fe, familia y lucha para regresar a la tabla). In 2007 ,Becky Baumgartner did a film based on the story of Bethany. The name of the film was soul surfer and the actress who did the role of bethany was AnnaSophia Robb.
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