Bethany Hamilton Confesses What Her ‘Hint Of Hope’ Was After She Lost Her Arm To A Shark — Transcript
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- 0:00and a superstar in real life Bethenny I
- 0:03was 13 years old when 15 foot tiger
- 0:06shark attacked her causing her to lose
- 0:07her left arm but not only did she
- 0:09survive the attack which was back to
- 0:11competitive surfing just a year later
- 0:12you saw that more than a decade later
- 0:14she's a subject of a new documentary
- 0:16good to see you documenting that's
- 0:20called unstoppable we were reading this
- 0:22I don't need easy
- 0:24I just need possible where does that
- 0:27come from inside you oh you know I think
- 0:30when you're faced with such incredible
- 0:31Charles at such a young age you're just
- 0:34trying to find that light of hope of
- 0:37like okay what can I do yeah
- 0:39and I think for me it was just I mean
- 0:42part of it was natural and innate but I
- 0:44also just had such a huge passion for
- 0:46surfing that that outweighed my fear of
- 0:49sharks and so I as soon as I got a hint
- 0:52of hope like maybe I can't surf with one
- 0:54arm it was like full speed ahead this
- 0:56was what I'm gonna do what was the hint
- 0:58of hope Thanks I had talked to the guy
- 1:00by the name of Mike coots who had lost
- 1:02his leg to a shark and he learned how to
- 1:04surf with one leg and he had gone
- 1:06surfing he's like it's totally possible
- 1:08you can stand up with one arm like I
- 1:10know you can and then after that it was
- 1:13like okay I got in the ocean as soon as
- 1:15the doctor would allow me actually a day
- 1:17before he said you talk about something
- 1:19that you love that you love more than
- 1:21your fear of sharks I can't think of
- 1:23anything honestly I can't make myself
- 1:25perfect Bethenny you brought us an
- 1:26exclusive clip from the new document and
- 1:28documentary Bethany Hamilton unstoppable
- 1:30let's take a look
- 1:33God gave me this passion to surf and it
- 1:37wasn't like that passion had been taken
- 1:39too
- 1:40how she is being able to adapt and be
- 1:43the powerhouse that she is I don't know
- 1:45how she does it she's trained her butt
- 1:48off it takes a lot of strength and
- 1:49willpower to get that one success it was
- 1:53May 31st I started to go and labor I've
- 1:57always looked forward to being a mom one
- 1:59day nothing was slowing her down tonight
- 2:02she is wowing the world all over again
- 2:05for her to take down two world champs
- 2:07the current world champ and a six time
- 2:08world champ is pretty rad
- 2:11bethenny showing people what she's
- 2:13capable of sends a message just makes
- 2:17everybody inspired
- 2:22I didn't mean easy I just needed
- 2:27possible oh my oh this just train for
- 2:39having a meltdown all week but like a
- 2:41happy meltdown yeah and then my youngest
- 2:43is one in a few months and just started
- 2:46walking and he's wild and yeah it's
- 2:48really fun new boy your orders already
- 2:50surfing yeah he's surfing the ocean and
- 2:54such a good kid how does I start surfing
- 2:57at 4 I know you're gonna oh my god I
- 3:02want to eat him up thank you so happy
- 3:05too because I just want to spend time
- 3:07with him but really emotion are
- 3:12incredible Bethany Hamilton unstoppable
- 3:13is gonna be out July 12th as you said
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