Terry Fox
Terry Fox In Canadian history there are many famous people. ... His name is Terry Fox and he is one of the greatest athlete to run on the face of this planet. Terry discovered he had cancer and then decided to run across Canada. ... Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg Manitoba on July 28 1958 Terry was raised in port Coquintlam, British Columbia. ... When he was in grade eight Terry was rated nineteen out of nineteen on his basketball team. ... This did not affect Terry and did not let it get to him, fore just two years later Terry was the starring player on his team. ... Terry knew that aches and pains are common in athlete’s lives. ... One morning Terry woke up to see that he could no longer stand up. A week later Terry found out that it was not just an ache he had a malignant tumour; his leg would have to be cut off six inches above the knee. Terry’s doctor told him that he had a chance of living but the odds were fifty to seventy percent. ... The night before his operation a former coach brought Terry a magazine featuring a man who ran a marathon after a similar operation. Terry didn’t want to do something small if he was going to do something he was going to do it big. “‘I am competitive’ Terry said, ‘I’m a dreamer. ... ’ (Scrivener 100) There was no in between Terry’s sixteen month follow up he saw all the young people suffering and getting weak by the disease. ... Terry wrote asking for sponsorship “‘I could not leave knowing that these faces and feelings would still be here even though I would be set free of mine, somewhere the hurting must stop… and I was determined to take myself to the limit for these causes. ... Terry made himself strong by pushing his wheel chair. ... Two years after Terry stated his training to run, so nobody could see him he ran his first half-mile in the dark. ... Terry ran 101 days everyday he ran 23 miles a day and only stopped for Christmas because his mother asked him. Terry was always determined. ... ” Terry received his sponsorship for what he called The Marathon of Hope and on April 12 1980 he dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic ocean of the coast of St. Johns Newfoundland, there he began to run the greatest Adventure of his life, “I loved it,” Terry said. ... ” (Scrivener 120) The people took on Terry’s dream and took him seriously they cried as they seen him run.