The Greatest Canadian

Terry Fox. Your vote?

You didn't vote for me Ed?

 

A tear still comes to my eyes thinking about this courageous young man. We should all aspire to this hero's accomplishments.


About Terry Fox
Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, a community near Vancouver on Canada's west coast. An active teenager involved in many sports, Terry was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) and forced to have his right leg amputated 15 centimetres (six inches) above the knee in 1977.
While in hospital, Terry was so overcome by the suffering of other cancer patients, many of them young children, that he decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.

He would call his journey the Marathon of Hope.

After 18 months and running over 5,000 kilometres (3,107 miles) to prepare, Terry started his run in St. John’s, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980 with little fanfare. Although it was difficult to garner attention in the beginning, enthusiasm soon grew, and the money collected along his route began to mount. He ran 42 kilometres (26 miles) a day through Canada's Atlantic provinces, Quebec and Ontario.

It was a journey that Canadians never forgot.

However, on September 1st, after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 miles), Terry was forced to stop running outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario because cancer had appeared in his lungs. An entire nation was stunned and saddened. Terry passed away on June 28, 1981 at age 22.

The heroic Canadian was gone, but his legacy was just beginning.

To date, more than $360 million has been raised worldwide for cancer research in Terry's name through the annual Terry Fox Run, held across Canada and around the world.

Edited by Willy Parsons

The list on CBC's website is a good one. Check it out

www.cbc.ca/greatest/

How do you know if Rich Little is Canadian, it all depends which voice he's using...........he can be an African, or an Idian, or or Jamician

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Chris Chelois

 

But afterall, he was born in Chicago!

 

A noble man with a noble mission. A lot of our American freinds are put off by Canada's socialist history. Not communist, but socialist, and there is a difference. Good on ya John for taking the time to read a bit about us- We're pretty good people , except for Lee. And Ted. And especially Adwa.

Adwa , my hand goes over my heart and tears well every time I sing or hear O Canada. I love my country deeply with all it's boils, warts and problems.There just simply is no better place on the planet.Do I agree with everything? No, But I'm damn glad to be able to say so , without hectoring because I don't follow a certain path. I love Canada, Canada loves Willy.