Terry Fox: A Brief Biography

I’m sure that most of you already heard his name, since he is famous throughout Canada - or the world in general. Terry Fox was born on July 28, 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Terry was a very enthusiastic and athletic individual and played multiple sports in his early ages. He dedicated most of his time towards a world famous sport –basketball, and was a valuable player on the school basketball teams. After his hard work and dedication in all of his life successes, life had been unfair to him. In 1977 his life utterly changed. He was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in his right knee. Terry had his right leg amputated and replaced with an artificial leg. As he was in the hospital receiving the treatment – he saw all the kids covered in pain and tortures,
having those excruciating feelings replace happy and joyful personalities that normal kids have. After seeing that unforgettable, intimidating setting, he overflew with frustration over how little money is dedicated towards the cancer research centers and wanted to increase cancer awareness. Therefore, influential and memorable Terry as we know him now started the “marathon of hope”. He ran for those with cancer - whose lives were sacrificed to hospital treatments. He ran 5,373 km and was required to hop due to long amount of time it took for his artificial leg springs to recover. He raised $10 million during his run and then $650 million were dedicated to him through relating events after his death. “I would conquer my disability, even If I had to crawl every last mile” Said Terry in his letter towards the cancer society, announcing his goal.