Brave Hearts

Author(s): Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Eye Care Foundation

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Daredevil Terry Fox television. Terry Fox began his onelegged run by dipping his artificial leg in the waters of the sea near the port of Saint Johns in New Foundland which is situated on the Eastern side of Canada. Newspapers as well as radio and television started giving day to day details of the event on their respective networks. Not only in Canada but also in the U.S., Terry Fox's run created sensation and received wide acclaim. Money started pouring in for cancer research.
When Terry Fox reached Toronto, he was given a warm welcome by its citizens. Men, women and children lined the route in thousands to give him an enthusiastic reception. He received a royal ovation and a lot of money too.
TERRY FOX MARATHON
OF
HOPE
The Terry Fox Race
Terry Fox was accompanied by a team of doctors during the course of his run. The team used to examine him from time to time. When he reached the Thunder Bay region of Canada, doctors asked him to stop the run. Cancer had spread all through his body. He had already covered a distance of 3339 miles running with the help of his artificial leg. By now the media too had started collecting funds for his cancer research project.
Terry Fox continued his humanitarian run aimed at saving hundreds of patients afflicted with cancer all over the globe. In June 1980, he finally succumbed to the disease. Terry Fox, the great humanitarian was no more. By then a handsome
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