No matter how old we are, we come to learn that our life experiences teach us it is what we do after we have been knocked down by unexpected misfortunes that shapes our world and will ultimately determine what we will achieve...

We've all been coaxed to, "get back up on the horse" when setbacks toss us to the ground, but for 13-year old Bethany Hamilton the saddle she had to climb back into was a surfboard after a large tiger shark ripped her left arm off while surfing in Hawaii in 2003...

Click on the video below to learn more about this young girl's indomitable spirit as she stared down danger and returned to the Hawaiian waters to surf again...