Yale swimmer Ali trit was celebrating the Turks and Kos 2 days after her graduation in the spring of 2023 when she was attacked by a shark about 75 yard from Shore true its swimming skills along with teammate Sophie pilton quick thinking of applying a tourniquet proved crucial as she was airlifted to a Miami Hospital Ally survived but had her foot and part of her leg amputated on her 23rd birthday not even a year later the Darian Connecticut native qualified for the par Olympics around the same time she watched her friends the Walsh sisters qualify for the Olympics on September 6th Tru it won her second straight silver medal in Paris in the women's 100 meter backstroke S10 after finishing second in the 400 meter freestyle S10 earlier in the week it's hard to put into words true it said especially when I look back at the photos from a year ago today where there's fear all over my face learning to take my first steps in a prosthetic leg