Pro Surfer Bethany Hamilton Makes Plea to Help Nephew, 3, After Drowning Incident

Bethany Hamilton and her household are mourning the nonaccomplishment of her nephew.

Andrew Hamilton, the son of the surf icon's older brother Timothy Hamilton and wife Kyah Hamilton, has died, 1 week helium was found unconscious successful a partially filled bathtub. He was 3 years old.

"Andrew Samuel Hamilton, calved December 26th 2020, entered his heavenly remainder connected Friday, October 17, 2024," work a connection posted connected Timothy's Instagram Oct. 19, "succumbing to injuries sustained a week anterior successful a drowning accident, aft each of the champion life-saving interventions had been exhausted."

Andrew is the second-youngest of six siblings. "Andrew's passing is mourned by me, his father, his parent Kyah, and each of our children, Thomas, Joshua, Matthew, Noelle, and John," Timothy wrote, "as good arsenic by his grandparents, his aunts, uncles, and cousins, and by his household successful Christ, the congregation of Saint Matthew’s Lutheran Church, unneurotic with her pastor William Pierce."

The 38-year-old said the religion leader's "steadfast prayers astatine Andrew’s bedside and preaching of God’s Words to our breached hearts has sustained our souls this past week."

Timothy added, "It hurts terribly and we miss Andrew much than words tin express. But we bash not mourn arsenic those who person nary hope. We rejoice successful the definite anticipation of the glory of God, into whose sanction Andrew was baptized, whose precious humor washed Andrew cleanable and made him a kid and heir of heaven."

Bethany, 34, besides shared her ain tribute.

"The Lord has person my saccharine nephew Andrew into his beauteous care," the jock wrote connected her Instagram. "While my household and I volition miss him dearly, we spot that his joyousness is afloat with Jesus."

She continued, "Here is simply a supplication of religion that was prayed by my brother, and our full family, this past week. This supplication paints truthful incredibly what it is to person faith. Faith is to spot that Gods volition for our beingness is greater than our own. Thank you each for the love, prayers and enactment is this trying time.
Be blessed."

A fundraising leafage acceptable up for the household had noted that connected Oct 11, "Andrew came down with a fever and threw up. He was successful the bathtub soaking successful 6 inches of h2o and epsom salt; conscionable 15 feet from the room and surviving room."

The connection continued, "He was recovered unconscious—which is baffling arsenic he's the strongest kid of his 5 siblings astatine that property and an astonishing swimmer, adjacent successful the unfastened ocean. Chest compression began, helium had a flimsy heartbeat. He spent a fewer hours astatine Wilcox infirmary earlier aesculapian evacuation to Oahu."

The household aboriginal updated the leafage to enactment that Andrew had suffered kidney damage, had swelling successful his encephalon and was besides connected a ventilator.

Following his death, Bethany and Timothy's eldest member Noah Hamilton, 42, besides shared a tribute to the child, successful which helium shared that helium had gone surfing with him 2 days earlier his drowning accident.

"The lone solo clip I ever got to play with him," helium wrote connected Facebook. "I've played with his 4 older siblings. We had truthful overmuch fun. On our past question I threw him disconnected the committee and helium swam to enactment done the waves and existent sucking him backmost to sea. I volition cherish this memory."

Noah continued, "He was a beardown hammer of a kid. We volition ne'er cognize however helium got into occupation successful a bath with 6in of water. But what we bash cognize is that he’s successful eden singing with the Angels, resting successful his heavenly father’s arms of love. I emotion you Andrew."