Fox, Terry
Terry Fox was a humanitarian and an athlete. In 1980, with one leg amputated, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. He was forced to end his quest after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres.
Terry was a humanitarian and an athlete. In 1980, with one leg amputated, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. He was forced to end his quest after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres. "We do not think of him as one who was defeated by misfortune but as one who inspired us with the example of the triumph of the human spirit over adversity"
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His funeral, attended by 40 relatives and 200 guests, was broadcast on national television; hundreds of communities across Canada also held memorial services. A public memorial service was held on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and Canadians again overwhelmed Cancer Society offices with donations. It occurs very rarely in the life of a nation that the courageous spirit of one person unites all people in the celebration of his life and in the mourning of his death....We do not think of him as one who was defeated by misfortune but as one who inspired us with the example of the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. Pierre Trudeau upon hearing the news of Terry's death.
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