Surfer Bethany Hamilton 3-12 months-Outdated Nephew Dies After Drowning Accident

On Saturday, the 34-year-old skilled surfer took to Instagram to verify the unhappy information that her 3-year-old nephew had handed away following a drowning accident.

Alongside candy pictures of Andrew through the years, Bethany wrote, “The Lord has obtain[d] my candy nephew Andrew into his lovely care. Whereas my household and I’ll miss him dearly, we belief that his pleasure is full with Jesus.”

“Here’s a prayer of religion that was prayed by my brother, and our entire household, this final week,” she continued. “This prayer paints so extremely what it’s to have religion. Religion is to belief that Gods will for our life is bigger than our personal. Thanks all for the love, prayers and assist is that this making an attempt time. Be blessed.”

The mother of 4 added that she “pinned” the prayer in her feedback part.

Bethany additionally posted on her Instagram Tales, first sharing a hyperlink to her Instagram submit alongside a gaggle household photograph. “Andrew is and was cherished so nicely. His pleasure is full within the Lord,” she wrote.

The well-known surfer, who misplaced her arm at 13 in a shark assault, additionally shared a photograph of Andrew asleep on her chest. “I used to be so pleased trigger Alaya was sleeping the opposite day,” she wrote, referring to her 16-month-old daughter, “and Andrew got here upstairs and was additionally drained so [he] fell asleep on me 😭🥹.”

It was simply final week that Bethany shared on Instagram that Andrew had suffered a drowning incident on October 11, and was “medevacked to a hospital in Oahu, Hawaii. She stated he “nonetheless [had] a heartbeat and [had] battle in him.” Bethany made a determined plea to her followers, asking them for assist and to hope for her nephew.

Her brother, Noah Hamilton, posted in regards to the accident on his Fb account, wherein he stated Andrew “was discovered not inhaling shallow water of bathtub tub.”

Andrew’s father, Bethany and Noah’s brother, Timothy, introduced the information of his son’s passing on Friday, posting an obituary on Instagram.

“Andrew Samuel Hamilton, born December twenty sixth 2020, entered his heavenly relaxation on Friday, October 17, 2024, succumbing to accidents sustained every week prior in a drowning accident, after the entire greatest life-saving interventions had been exhausted,” Timothy wrote partly.

He later added, “It hurts terribly and we miss Andrew greater than phrases can specific. However we don’t mourn as those that don’t have any hope. We rejoice within the sure hope of the glory of God, into whose title Andrew was baptized, whose valuable blood washed Andrew clear and made him a baby and inheritor of heaven.”

Learn his full submit, above.

Noah additionally posted a touching tribute to his nephew on Fb, calling Andrew “a powerful hammer of a child.”

“Two days earlier than Andrew accident I obtained to tandem surf with him. The one solo time I ever obtained to play with him. I’ve performed together with his 4 older siblings. We had a lot enjoyable,” he wrote. “On our final wave I threw him off the board and he swam to shore by the waves and present sucking him again to sea.”

“I’ll cherish this reminiscence,” Noah continued. “He was a powerful hammer of a child. We are going to by no means know the way he obtained into bother in a shower with 6in of water. However what we do know is that he is in heaven singing with the Angels, resting in his heavenly father’s arms of affection. I really like you Andrew.”

Andrew is survived by his dad and mom, Timothy and Kyah Hamilton, his 5 older siblings: Thomas, Joshua, Matthew, Noelle, and John, and his prolonged household.