Picture this: you’re snorkeling during your tropical holiday only to fall victim to a sudden shark attack. Screaming, crying, and panicking would be the expected responses to such a crisis, but swimmer Ali Truwit is built different. “At least I got my marathon in before this,” quipped Truwit after a shark tore off part of her left leg while on vacation in Turks and Caicos with former teammate Sophie Pilkinton in 2023. But Truwit isn’t letting this nightmare define her; she’s now a double Paralympic silver medalist who’s planning on competing in the New York Marathon.

Yep, we are serious; the 25-year-old is set to run the next New York Marathon on November 2nd. “If you had told me two years ago that I was going to run 16 miles on a prosthetic blade throughout the streets of New York Cit

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