Movement is life? Probably. Health campaigns have to run in order to avoid health problems . But flee to die. ... Or is it , this was not the cause of a deadly marathon ?
In July 1980, Terry Fox ran 143 days . At the end of the way ... he found death. At Fox was unremarkable biography . He was born in Canada. He was engaged in basketball , I wanted to become a physical education teacher . After high school, she filed papers in universitet.Odnako want to make God laugh - tell him about your plans.
In 1977, Terry felt a pain in his right leg . It turned out to be bone cancer . Foot had to be sacrificed . Now for the boys hospitals, medications , radiation, pain , chemotherapy , around dying people , the lack of limbs , etc. - Became part of the painful existence. In 17 years, it is difficult to put up with . But with far-reaching sports Terry goodbye plans. At least he was able to partly implement them and to become a part of history .
After 3 years, the athlete decided to take the marathon from ocean to ocean . His purpose, he set to collect donations for the study of cancer diseases. He wanted everyone chipped in Canadian dollar.
Even the majority of healthy people to cope with such a distance beyond the power , what can we say about a man without a leg . But Terry trained more than a year on a daily basis .
Thus, the " Marathon of Hope" was launched April 12, 1980 . His only healthy leg Fox symbolically dipped into the Atlantic Ocean in Newfoundland . The second time he was going to do it at the end of the race in the Pacific in Vancouver . In spite of the prosthesis , the young man ran a marathon every day - 42 km. The disease is constantly made itself felt , and he has already lost power .But the purpose of , human support and willpower moved it forward . In spite of the weak support in the media , people made donations.
After 5 months of the race , marathoner overpowered metastases , and he was forced to stop running on September 1 in the province of Ontario .
On account of the Terry Fox 143 days of continuous running, overcome by 5373 kilometers, more than 24 million dollars collected . The guy quite a bit has not lived up to their 23 th anniversary . But his goal he has achieved. 24 million Canadian dollar chipped . Now, not only in Canada, but also in 50 countries each year spend a charity run behalf of Terry Fox . Like dreamed courageous young man , the funds raised go to the study of cancer. Today, Terry Fox Foundation has raised more than $ 360 million.