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Bethany Hamilton Research Paper

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There have been many people overtime who have been very inspirational. I believe that Bethany Hamilton is one of them. She made a huge impact on society. Bethany got her arm taken from her while doing something she loves, surfing. Even though that happened she didn’t let that or anything else stop her from learning how to do everything normally again. In 2003 Bethany went surfing with her best friend Alana Blanchard, Alana’s father, and her brother. While they were out in the water, Bethany was lying on her surfboard with her arms hanging out on the sides when a 14 foot tiger shark bit her arm off. The Blanchards’ helped her paddle to shore. She was immediately rushed to Wilcox Memorial Hospital. By the time she had gotten to the Hospital she had already lost 60% of her blood and was in a hypovolemic shock. …show more content…

At first, surfing was stressful for her, but she managed to learn to do it with one arm. Surfing is hard enough but with a big disadvantage it proved to be even more difficult. Bethany did a lot of competitive surfing, and at first she didn’t get great rankings because of what had happened but she kept training and got better at competitive surfing. One of the first competitions Bethany competed in when she started competitive surfing again, was very stressful for her. One of the girls in the competition tried using Bethany’s disadvantage to her advantage. Bethany was so stressed that day she gave away her surfboards, and felt like giving up. But with the help of her family she went back in the water to keep on living her

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