Overview
- Truwit, 25, lost her left lower leg after a 2023 shark attack while snorkeling in Turks and Caicos.
- A friend applied a tourniquet before she was airlifted to Miami for surgery and later to New York for a below-knee amputation.
- She returned to elite sport in 2024, winning two Paralympic silver medals for Team USA in swimming.
- Training on a prosthetic running blade, she says hills are challenging without an ankle and she is building strength to compensate.
- Her nonprofit focuses on water safety, access to Paralympic sport, and funding prosthetics, which she intends to spotlight through the marathon.