Bethany Meilani Hamilton survived a 2003 shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off. She wrote about her experience in the 2004 autobiography Soul Surfer A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board.
See also: Soul Surfer (film), Lorraine Nicholson, Bethany (given name), AnnaSophia Robb, Rip Curl, and I Am Second.