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Nearly two and a half years after she lost her leg in a shark attack, Ali Truwit has reclaimed her love of running. On Nov. 2, she'll run the New York City marathon on a prosthetic blade

The lifelong athlete, 25, will run alongside her parents and best friend Sophie Pilkinton, who tied a tourniquet around Truwit's leg after the attack in May 2023

Last summer, Truwit won two silver medals swimming for the Team USA at the 2024 Paralympics

As Ali Truwit lay bleeding on the floor of a rescue boat after a shark attacked her in the sky-blue waters of Turks and Caicos during a graduation trip two years ago, she had the presence of mind to make a joke.

With a tourniquet wrapped tightly around what remained of her left leg, just 10 days after she had crossed the finish line of a

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