today, sitting with her mother in a santa monica hotel lounge, bethany, 21, looks every bit the hawaiian…

today, sitting with her mother in a santa monica hotel lounge, bethany, 21, looks every bit the hawaiian beach girl, dressed in cutoffs, a rip curl jean jacket and bare feet. she smiles and laughs easily but becomes soft - spoken when she recounts the events of that horrible day. bethany and some friends had gone to tunnels beach, one of her favorite surfing spots off kauais north shore. she was lying on her surfboard when she suddenly felt pressure on her arm and then a back - and - forth tugging -- \you know, like how you eat a piece of steak,\ she says -- before noticing that the turquoise water around her was quickly turning red from her own blood. \i just had a sense of peace throughout it all,\ says bethany, whose friends fashioned a tourniquet from a surfboard leash once they paddled her to shore. \i think that was one of the key factors that helped me -- if i had panicked i would have lost more blood.\ stop #2: summarize what you just read in 1 - 2 sentences.

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