Truly Brave, Courageous and Determined.
45 years ago today, Terry Fox dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean near St. John's, Newfoundland, and began his epic Marathon of Hope, in which his goal was to run the equivalent length of a marathon (26.2 miles) every day across Canada, until he reached the Pacific Ocean near British Columbia. This young man made it possible, and he was a star athlete in high school, which certainly meant that he was already in fairly good shape. The sad part of this story was that Terry was stricken by bone cancer in one of his legs, which at the time left no choice but amputation; however, that setback was not going to let Terry give up hope, the goal of his monumental Marathon at the time was to raise one dollar for every Canadian citizen, which was ultimately realized not long before his premature passing in June of 1981. He also wanted to fulfill his dream of this cross-country challenge for all of the sick children that he saw and met during his stay in hospital as it related to h...