‘We’re Stronger Than We Think’

AFTER LOSING PART OF HER LEG, SHE’S RUNNING TO HELP OTHERS IN NEED

- ZOEY LYTTLE

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 26.2-mile race in Copenhagen, she quipped to one of the first responders: “At least I got my marathon in before this.”