<P> On October 31 , 2003 , Hamilton , aged 13 at the time , went for a morning surf along Tunnels Beach , Kauai , with best friend Alana Blanchard , Alana 's father , Holt , and brother Byron . Around 7 : 30 a.m. , with numerous turtles in the area , she was lying on her surfboard with her left arm dangling in the water , when a 14 - foot - long ( 4.3 m ) tiger shark attacked her , severing her left arm just below the shoulder . The Blanchards helped paddle her back to shore , then Alana 's father fashioned a tourniquet out of a surfboard leash and wrapped it around the stump of her arm . She was rushed to Wilcox Memorial Hospital . By the time she arrived there she had lost over 60 % of her blood and was in hypovolemic shock . A doctor living in a hotel nearby raced to the rescue . Her father , who was scheduled to have knee surgery that morning , was already there , but she took his place in the operating room . She spent a week in recovery before being released . During subsequent media interviews , she confirmed that she felt normal when she was bitten and did not feel much pain from the bite at the moment of the disaster , but felt numb on the way to the hospital . </P>
<P> On October 31 , 2003 , Hamilton , aged 13 at the time , went for a morning surf along Tunnels Beach , Kauai , with best friend Alana Blanchard , Alana 's father , Holt , and brother Byron . Around 7 : 30 a.m. , with numerous turtles in the area , she was lying on her surfboard with her left arm dangling in the water , when a 14 - foot - long ( 4.3 m ) tiger shark attacked her , severing her left arm just below the shoulder . The Blanchards helped paddle her back to shore , then Alana 's father fashioned a tourniquet out of a surfboard leash and wrapped it around the stump of her arm . She was rushed to Wilcox Memorial Hospital . By the time she arrived there she had lost over 60 % of her blood and was in hypovolemic shock . A doctor living in a hotel nearby raced to the rescue . Her father , who was scheduled to have knee surgery that morning , was already there , but she took his place in the operating room . She spent a week in recovery before being released . During subsequent media interviews , she confirmed that she felt normal when she was bitten and did not feel much pain from the bite at the moment of the disaster , but felt numb on the way to the hospital . </P>
where did the girl get her arm bitten off
where did the girl get her arm bitten off
Tunnels Beach , Kauai
Tunnels Beach , Kauai