Ali Truwit had already been through so much. She survived a shark attack, barely, while snorkeling off the coast of Turks and Caicos in May 2023, following her graduation from Yale; the shark bit off ...

A woman who lost a leg last year in a shark attack won a silver medal in the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. Ali Truwit, a Connecticut native, took home the silver medal Thursday in the women's swimming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 24-year-old's achievements come just over a year after she lost her foot and part of her leg in a shark attack. She placed ...

Ali Truwit told her parents to put away all of her shorts and mini-skirts. The NCAA swimmer didn't want to wear anything that would show her prosthesis, let alone what remained of her left leg after ...

Victim of a shark attack and subsequent leg amputation, Ali Truwit could have given up everything. One year after the tragedy, the American Paralympic swimmer has made a moving and powerful comeback, ...

U.S. Paralympian Ali Truwit speaks onstage at the USA House at the Paralympics in Paris on Sept. 7, 2024. Credit - Joe Scarnici—Getty Images for USOPC Ali Truwit had already been through so much. She ...