Terry Fox
He was born
in July 28 1958. Terry fox was diagnosed with cancer in March 1977. He was determined
to not give up. The first race he entered with his new leg was 27 kilometers in
Prince George which he got a huge cheer when he finished. That started his run
for cancer and on April 27 he dipped hid artificial leg in the ocean and
started his run. His goal and achievement was 26 miles every day until a cure
was found. But it didn’t come in time after 143 days of running he stopped and
died June 28 1981 in royal Columbia hospital. But even though dead his legend
still lives on. Overall terry fox ran 3,339 miles and raised over 10 million
dollars.
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