Swimmer Ali Truwit makes Paralympics a year after losing lower leg in shark attack while snorkeling

By PAT GRAHAM

The first step for swimmer Ali Truwit was overcoming her newfound fear of the one place she had always felt safe — the water.

Because the sound of water, any sound involving water, instantly triggered flashbacks to the day she swam for her life after being bitten by a shark.

She and a friend were snorkeling in the ocean off Turks and Caicos on May 24, 2023, when a shark charged and bit Truwit’s lower left leg. Bleeding and with the shark circling, Truwit went...