Bethany Hamilton did not even scream, she was not terrified, she thinks maybe she was in shock or on autopilot. However, she is glad this is the state she was in during the shark attack. If she did see the shark she would not have been as calm and would probably have nightmares of the attack. They had only been in the water for an hour when the tragedy had came upon them.
Alana, Alana's brother Byron and her dad Holt were all with Bethany the day of the attack. When the shark came Bethany handled it in control and calm she just shouted that she was attack by a shark. She even said that she had no pain when her arm was taken by the shark. She only remembered thinking her number one priority was to get to the shore, she did not even bother to think the shark could still be around her. Bethany saw she lost her arm almost up to her shoulder. No matter what everyone was thinking they kept calm through the whole experience, for Bethany's benefit.
Bethany's arm was bleeding badly the wound like hers usually cause the arteries to roll back. Instead of freaking out she just prayed to god to help her and guide her back to the beach. Holt tied the rash guard around her stub to act as a tourniquet. Holt brought Bethany into the shore, while Byron raced to the shore to call the ambulance right away. Holt took care of her by making her answer questions to be sure she did not pass out. Bethany began to have a fear that she could die but she tried to push it aside and remind herself that she is in gods hands. She saw the fear in Alana's eyes as they rushed to the beach to get a lifeguard in a hurry.
Bethany made it to the beach as she kept fading in and out of consciousness, struggling to make out what was going on. Jeff Waba, a surfer, gave Holt his leash from his surf board to use instead of the rash guard as a tourniquet. Everyone helped to make her comfortable and calm by wrapping her in towels. Her stub started to hurt and she kept asking for her mom to be on her side. She was also became thirsty and asked Alana for water but a man near by, Paul Wheeler, told her that she will have to have surgery and needs and empty stomach. Paul announced her was a paramedic and everyone became relieved he did inform everyone that she lost a lot of blood. Holt could not wait any longer and took Bethany in his car the last thing she made out was the sound of sirens and being loaded onto a cop car. What was remembered most was what the Kauai paramedic words, "God will never leave you or forsake you."When Bethany heard this she knew he was right.
I can't relate to this directly, but any medical situation that is very harmful to a person can relate to this.My brother broke his hand doing what he loves which is wrestling. It was not near as bad as what happened to Bethany but he to had to have surgery. This also affected his wrestling dream and prevented him from wrestling in the one thing he worked hard for all year the state tournament. I really enjoy the book so far. I think that the chapter i read today was very sad, that something like that could happen to someone and risk their life and their dream. I admired that Bethany never panicked or lost hope. She knew that god would be there to get her through the tragic accident she was in and that there was a reason he picked her for this to happen to.
This is a link to an article about an Australian surfer who to was attacked by a shark and nearly bled to death. But unlike bethany he did not have the help she did and had to paddle his self to shore. This story really relates to the one of Bethany Hamilton.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2088500/Shark-attack-Australian-surfer-Glen-Lennie-Folkard-fights-life.html
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