Terry Fox
Who was Terry Fox? Terry Fox was an athlete and cancer research
activist. Terry Fox was born on July 28, 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has a
mother, father, an elder brother, a younger brother, and a little sister. When
Terry fox was little, he was competitive. He hated to lose, but thanks to his
hatred of losing, he would always continue to that activity until he succeeds. Terry
Fox loves playing sports like rugby, basketball, and baseball. At that time,
Terry Fox was poor in basketball. He also wasn’t very interested in cross-country. Throughout his high school years, Terry Fox
started to get better. By the time in grade 12, he won the athlete of the year.
After highschool, Terry Fox went to Simon Fraser University and earn himself in
a spot on the basketball team.
On November12, 1976, Terry Fox was crashed into the back of a
pickup truck. For the injury, Terry Fox emerge with a sore right knee. On
December, on the knee, he had felt the pain again. He decided to ignore the
pain up until the end of basketball season. On March, Terry Fox finally went to
the hospital only to find himself diagnosed with osteosarcoma. With that, the
doctor told him he would need his leg amputated and he required chemotherapy
treatment.
In summer of 1977, Terry Fox was invited to join the wheelchair basketball
team. He won three national titles with the team.
Marathon of Hope
Terry Fox was embarked on a 14 month training program for a
marathon. Terry Fox was angry at how little of the money was dedicated for
cancer research. Terry Fox decided to run across Canada to raise $1 million
dollar for cancer research. $1 dollar for each of Canada‘s 24 million
people. The run began on April12, 1980
near St. John, Newfoundland. Throughout the whole trip, he faces difficulty. In
Quebec, Montreal, Terry fox raise over $200,000 in donations. His trip ended in
Thunderbay, Ontario because of the cancer that return and had spread to his
lungs. In the end, over $23 million dollar has been raises.
On June 28, 1983, Terry fox fell into a coma and died with his
family right by his side.
After that day, the marathon of hope is run every year for cancer
research for those who had been diagnosed with cancer or who had died because
of cancer. Thank you for making this possible
Thank-you Terry Fox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Fox
The
Terry Fun at ACSS went as great as always. We had perfect weather. Some people
ran, some people walk in the fine weather, and some decides to skip merely down
the path to the finish line. But in the end, everyone had fun doing the Terry
Fox run and people had donated money for the cancer research.
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