“I just got attacked!” said Bethany Hamilton as she sat floating on her surfboard. Bethany was 13 year old girl who got her arm severed off while surfing with some friends. Bethany showed great resilience in overcoming a shark attack in order to achieve her surfing dream.
Bethany showed courage in her dramatic situation. When she was first attacked by the shark she remained calm. When she was in the hospital people were sad and they were looking at her different. They were upset. Everyone seemed to want the same girl again. But, Bethany stated ‘’I am still the same girl on the inside.” That took a lot courage for a 13 year old girl to say, and showed a huge amount of maturity.
On just the second day of lying in the hospital bed Bethany was