Darienites
Swimmer Ali Truwit Wins Hearts and Cheers in Darien. Next Stop: Paris Paralympics
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About 500 Darienites cheered, shouted, clapped, whistled and held flags, signs or phones at a downtown demonstration of support Friday morning for town resident Ali Truwit as she prepares to leave for the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. Truwit said she’s grateful for the support shown at the parade:
“I’m so incredibly grateful and so excited to represent my country and represent this town,” Truwit said at a brief news conference on the sidewalk, surrounded by 500 smiling faces. An enormous American flag, perhaps 100 feet long, hung from a firetruck’s extended ladder. Plenty of firefighters and their fire engines were present at the parade, and at least one truck drove in it. Amid the cheers, Truwit arrived in an SUV, which stopped for about 10 minutes near the front of Grieb’s Pharmacy.
