The attack severed her left arm, just below the shoulder.īethany has drawn as much admiration from her community after the attack as she had before. Then I looked down at the water, and it was like really red, from all the blood in the water." Just like, you know how you eat a piece of steak? … It was kind of like that. It was like pulling me back and forth, not like pulling me underwater. "And then, I was holding onto my board, with my thumb, because I probably didn't want to get pulled under. And then … the shark came up and grabbed a hold of my arm," she told ABCNEWS' Chris Cuomo. 31, when the water was glassy and calm, Bethany's life was changed forever. … I have said to myself, 'There's the next World Champion.' "īut on Oct. I'd say she has salt in her blood," Bollins said. Suzanne "Bobo" Bollins, who calls herself the "Grandma of the Surf," says she knew Bethany had what it takes to be a champion. And those who have seen her surf say she has an extraordinary gift.
Born into a family of surfers, Bethany has been catching waves and trophies since the age of 8.
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