Terry Fox stopped running outside of Thunder Bay when the cancer spread to his lungs
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No he wouldn't have but he would have lived longer but he believed he could do it and he didn't want to die from running but he did. The cancer terry had, he might not have survived from it because there was a 50% survival rate.
Terry Fox ran through six provinces during his Marathon of Hope in 1980. These provinces were Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba. He covered a total distance of approximately 5,373 kilometers before he was forced to end his run in Thunder Bay, Ontario, due to a recurrence of cancer.
Thunder Bay, Ontario, not quite half way across Canada.
Doug, he drove beside him while he was running
Terry Fox dipped his leg in the Atlantic Ocean right before he started his marathon in 1980 April 12