Brave Hearts

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

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The Brave Hearts
sum of (in Canadian currency here) equivalent to about 170 million rupees had already been collected. His martyrdom was acclaimed as his supreme sacrifice for the cause of humanity. The Governor General of Canada accorded him the status of "the greatest citizen of Canada" through a special proclamation.
Every year on September 19, 'one legged run' is organised in memory of Terry Fox. People in large number take part in it and collect funds for research in cancer
In October, 1958, Greta Anderson, a thirtyyear old housewife, became the first human being to swim the twenty-two-mile Catalina Channelboth ways.
Her over-all time for that forty-four-mile swim was twenty-six hours, fifty-three minutes, and twenty-eight seconds.
The unbelievable part of that ‘first in long distance swim-record breaking feat, Greta Anderson was crippled by arthritis.