Soul Surfer Page #5

It's now or never.

Soledad O'Brian is in Phuket, Thailand.

She has been following efforts

by some survivors

to find their missing loved ones.

Hey, Bethany.

Good luck out there today, yeah.

Thanks.

Man, that's really awful.

Clearly, wherever you look

along the path of this tsunami

there is just stories of loss,

and thousands already...

I hope you guys get a lot of donations.

Yeah, Sarah's organizing a trip

to help the kids in Thailand.

My heat's coming up, I gotta go. Bye.

Great to have you back, Bethany.

Thanks, it's good to be back.

So you're actually going through with this?

Yeah.

- Hey, Bethany.

- Hey.

Judges have approved

giving you a five minute head start.

- I don't want it.

- Bethany.

I don't need it.

Okay.

Come on, Bethany.

First heat has started

and the girls are making their way out

into the lineup.

All right, we've got

Bethany Hamilton in the blue jersey

trying to catch her first wave.

See ya!

Bethany unable to get into that wave.

Meanwhile, Malina Birch scratches into one.

Looks like a good one.

All right, Malina Birch dropped in

on that inside roll, nice bottom turn.

Off the bottom, coming up.

Comes around the corner,

gets a nice vertical off the top there

as she kicks out to the challengers.

Hamilton drops into a nice looking wave.

A little loss of control there.

But nice recovery.

She cuts back into the white water.

Should be a decent scoring ride

for the surfer in blue.

All right, Alana Blanchard,

drops into a wave of her own,

nice off the bottom, big snap off the top.

Sets up again for a nice cut back

into the white water.

Speeding down the line

looking for a little tube section,

gets in there.

Threads that little barrel and exits.

Nice wave for Alana Blanchard.

All right, Rockwell, it looks like

at the ten minute mark

we have Malina Birch in first

with a 7.3 on her first ride.

Alana Blanchard is second with a 6.2.

And in third place, Leila Hurst with a 5.3.

The surf is picking up.

Whoa, look at that outside,

a big set approaching.

It looks like Bethany Hamilton

is going to get caught

inside of the biggest wave of the day.

Come on, Bethany. Come on!

Mountains of water rolling through here

at Sunset Beach

and it looks like our competitor in blue,

Bethany Hamilton,

just taking some donuts out there.

No! I'm fine!

I knew she wouldn't come in.

Bethany, grab my leash,

I'll pull you the rest of the way out.

No, I'm fine. I can do this!

Come on, Bethany!

All right, four minutes left,

and Bethany Hamilton still stuck

in the impact zone, Rob.

Bethany, in sixth place, right now.

She's still needing quite a score.

She's okay.

Malina, don't!

You have enough, let her have it!

Alana Blanchard just dropped in

on Malina Birch.

That's definitely going to be

an interference call on Blanchard.

Alana Blanchard will not make it on this heat,

has been disqualified for the interference.

I can't take it anymore,

I want you to get her out of there.

- I want her out of there.

- The lifeguards are on it.

Oh, man, it looks like she broke her board.

Well, unfortunately for Bethany Hamilton,

a broken board right now,

puts her in a bad position,

with only 3 minutes remaining,

there's no chance

she's making it out of this first heat.

You shouldn't have

dropped in on Malina like that.

- She was trying...

- She was just hassling me,

- like she always does.

- She's a jerk!

At least she was treating me

like I was real competition.

Bethany, what happened to you out there?

Bethany.

Can we please just get out of here?

Make a path! Get out of the way!

- Stay calm.

- Bethany, how are you feeling?

That's enough, come on.

Bethany, I know that you got beat up

pretty bad out there today, sweetheart.

But you can't let it get you down.

Enough, Dad, okay? I can't do this anymore!

- Yes, you can, honey.

- Listen to her.

Bethany! Bethany! Bethany!

Hey, Bethany! Can I get your autograph?

I have something even better actually.

Here.

Cool!

Bethany, what are you doing?

Oh, my God! This is so cool!

- Awesome, thanks!

- Enjoy them.

Bethany.

Dad, just stop. Okay?

It's over.

That's not what I'm saying.

You can't give up on her.

And you can't keep pushing at her.

What are you supposed to do,

just let her quit?

If she wants to, yes.

That's the most ridiculous thing

I've ever heard.

Then you're not hearing what I'm saying.

What? What is it that I'm not hearing?

You can't always fix everything by sheer will.

Sometimes there is no...

...Hamilton has to be considered the favorite

as we head to the Hawaiian Island Regionals.

She's a surfer.

- She's a competitor.

- She's more than that.

Cheri, if she walks away from this...

If she quits, she may never

get back in the water again.

And she will never be the same.

She will never be the same.

And if she thinks

the only life out there for her is surfing

and she can't make that happen

then she's going to be lost.

Really, really lost.

Go ahead, tell me

how everything's going to be okay.

Yeah, that's me.

Mister jump-right-in-and-fix-it.

If I could just keep my mouth shut for once.

I'm done, aren't I?

I can't even paddle out to the lineup

past the big waves.

I don't understand.

What happened to "I can do all things"?

Why?

Why did this happen?

Why did I have to lose everything?

You didn't lose everything, Bethany.

Not even close.

That shark didn't kill you. You're still here.

You're still alive.

With a family that loves you.

What am I supposed to do now?

I don't know.

Then how am I supposed to know?

When the time is right, you'll know.

Until then, you pray

and you listen.

Listen for what?

For what comes next.

Okay, Lymar, I hope you remembered

your toothbrush this time. Okay?

Did you remember your socks?

Because you are not borrowing mine again.

Could you pass these out?

Bethany?

Mind if I tag along?

I'm sure we can scrounge up

something for you to do.

Hey.

All right, guys, let's go!

Rosemary!

Sarah! Hey, thank you for coming.

This is Bethany.

Bethany, yeah, I've heard a lot about you.

I'm happy you're here.

Grab some bags and pass them out.

All right, everybody make a line.

Just grab it and pass it down. Come on.

- Keep it going!

- Come on guys.

- Keep going.

- Make a line.

Got it?

Good job.

She wants to thank you all

for what you've been doing.

They're very grateful.

We're so happy we can help,

we know they've been through so much.

She says it was just a normal day

like any other.

But that they saw the water roll back

and they went to

get the fish and the lobsters.

But then they saw the wave

and it was too late.

And the water just kept coming,

there weren't many survivors.

I lost my family.

Another family, they all died...

I'm so sad.

You okay?

Yeah.

It's all right, don't be sorry

for compassion, Bethany.

It can move us to do amazing things.

And it can help you get a new perspective.

Why don't you take a minute,

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