This year, 2022 marks its 42nd for Terry Fox walk or run, will begin this coming Sunday, September 18th.
The Terry Fox Foundation supports the event annual for cancer, Marathon of Hope is what Terry called it when he started his first walk in St. John’s Harbour on April 12, 1980.
Terry had been diagnosed with cancer on his right leg in 1977, which was above his knee.
While in hospital, he was so overcome by the suffering of other cancer patients that he decided to run across Canada to raise money for research.
At that time, he ran nearly 42 kilometers (26 miles) a day through Atlantic Provinces, Quebec and Ontario.
Terry’s last words was, “If I don’t make it… the Marathon of Hope must continue.” The young Canadian did not make it while trying to run for Cancer Research with one leg.
Terry Fox also said, “I wish people would realize anything is possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try. Even if I don’t finish, we need others to continue. It’s got to keep going without me.”
Again, the Terry Fox Run is this coming Sunday, September 18.