In 2003 teenager Bethany Meilani Hamilton-Dirks was in a brutal shark attack resulting in her left arm being severed. Hamilton born in Hawaii February 8, 1990 was a professional surfer and an all-around competitive athlete she had won many awards and achievements in the early years of her life thanks to being raised in a family of surfers with her two older brothers Noah and Tim. Bethany began competitive surfing around age 8 and already had her first sponsorship by age 9, it was clear by then she would do great things. On the morning of October 31, 2003 Hamilton and her best friend Alana Blanchard accompanied by Alana’s father and brother went out to go surfing along the beautiful Tunnels beach in Ha’ena, Hawaii. Hamilton described the attack