A Queens woman has taken a giant leap — with her foot — on her “miracle” road to recovery two years after a shark tore 20 pounds of flesh from her thigh at Rockaway Beach .

Tatyana Koltunyuk, of Astoria, became the victim of New York’s first maneater attack since the 1950s during her solo swim on Aug. 7, 2023 near Beach 59th Street.

Following countless surgeries, physical therapy and aquatherapy, Koltynyuk, 67, reached a medical breakthrough last month when she was able to wiggle her foot, her daughter, Dasha (Darya) Koltunyuk, said in an update post to a GoFundMe page . 3

“This morning, I woke up to a text from my mom – and in it, she waved good morning to me…with her foot,” Dasha wrote on July 9. Doctors feared she may never be able to move her foot due to nerve damage cause

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