Hamilton’s friend and fellow pro surfer Alana Blanchard was 12 when the attack occurred near Tunnels Beach in Kauai, Hawaii. Blanchard opened up about how the gruesome event impacted her during the ...

There, she emotionally looks back on the time she witnessed her friend, fellow pro surfer Bethany Hamilton, get attacked by a shark when they were young teenagers. “One of the reasons why I ...

Bethany Hamilton’s 2003 shark attack ... was later adapted into a 2011 film starring AnnaSophia Robb. Photos of Blanchard and Hamilton appear in the book. Hamilton shared an homage to her ...