Terry Fox – what we can learn from him

 Diagnosed cancer in right knee when 18 years old.

 Chemotherapy for 16 months.
 He learned that his chances of survival are 50%, but two
years ago, it was only 15%.
 His right leg was amputated.
 He read about first marathon by an amputated person in
New York, which inspired him.
 This triggered a desire to raise fund for cancer research
through marathon.
 Wrote letter in 1979 to Cancer Society Canada and
announced his goal of raising 1 million dollar for cancer
research. He requested to fund him.
 He started his marathon called “marathon of hope” in
1979 to run 5300 KM from east to west of Canada to raise
funds.
 He used to wake up at 4 am in the morning and run 42 Km
daily.
 He ran for 137 days continuously.
 When he reached Toronto, 10,000 people gathered to
welcome him. 20,000 feet ran that day on marathon that
started with two feet only.
 He stopped on September 1, 1980. He passed away on
June 28, 1981.
 Till his last day of marathon, he raised 24 million dollar.
 Now more than 500 million dollars have been raised in
the name of Terry Fox.
 Now this marathon is held in 60 countries.