# This young girl is amazing! - Re 13 year old surfer who lost arm to shark

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 22, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-young-girl-is-amazing-re-13-year-old-surfer-who-lost-arm-to-shark/214689 "2003-11-22T16:02:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-young-girl-is-amazing-re-13-year-old-surfer-who-lost-arm-to-shark/214689/1 "2003-11-22T16:02:24Z")

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[Bethany only looking ahead](http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Nov/21/ln/ln01a.html)

No wallowing in misery for her. What an incredible “can do” attitude.

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**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-young-girl-is-amazing-re-13-year-old-surfer-who-lost-arm-to-shark/214689/2 "2003-11-22T16:23:51Z")

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I was going to post something similar last night. What a lovely, level-headed, sensible girl. Her parents must be very proud. I don’t think I’d have half the good outlook she does. I especially thought her comment about what’s worse - she said something like having a terrible disease would be TRULY bad - was an amazing thing for a young person to say.

I also thought it amazing, medically, that it has only been 3 weeks and she’s out and about. Her shoulder looked great.

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**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-young-girl-is-amazing-re-13-year-old-surfer-who-lost-arm-to-shark/214689/3 "2003-11-22T17:33:19Z")

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I saw a tv program on which she was interviewed. She is truly an amazing girl.