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september 1st
Terry Fox ran the Marathon of Hope across Canada but had to stop in Thunder Bay due to his cancer spreading from his leg, to his lungs.
Terry Fox ran the Marathon of Hope across Canada but had to stop in Thunder Bay due to his cancer spreading from his leg, to his lungs.
Thunder Bay, Ontario, not quite half way across Canada.
To make money
In 1976, Terry developed osteogenic sarcoma, a type of bone cancer. After seeing all the suffering cancer caused, he was inspired to raise money for cancer research. So he ran to raise money in hopes of eradicating the disease.
five days
In 490 BCE in the Plain of Marathon and the same day before the walls of Athens.
The Boston Marathon stops in Boston. It stops at Copley Square.
Brave, Persistent, and Achiever
in the winter of 1978 he was diagnosed with cancer and the cancer was deadly and the only way to stop it was to amputate his leg, he got an artificial leg because he still wanted to walk. And without it, he couldn't of done his marathon of hope
During voluntary encounter a person is free to walk away, while in Terry stop an individual is temporarily seized.