Terry Fox ! {It's an iconic Canadian Image.}

[Jesse Joe]

This brings back so many memories from 1980 !


New marathon honours Terry Fox's legacy of hope !

YouTube - Terry Fox's support van is on the road...

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...2?s_name=Autos


http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundlan...5/fox-van.html

[charlene]

I saw the van on the news last week and it was so bittersweet for his brother Darryl and those who helped Terry along the way. It's amazing to think that there are Terry Fox runs all over the world every years..so many years after we lost that beautiful boy..
He's a true hero and this world should could use a few more like him..his family have carried on his legacy with grace and courage that most could not..especially being in the public eye as they are..
On June 28 it will be 27 years ago that he died - a month short of turning 23 on July 28..
July 28, 1958 to June 28, 1981.
He was remarkable. His achievement has never been matched.
He was forced to stop the run on September 1, 1980 just north-east of Thunder Bay, Ontario, after 143 days. He had run 5,373 km (3,339 miles, or around 23.3 miles per day - a marathon a day) through Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario. The astounding thing is that he ran on one good leg and one prosthetic..all while his cancer was coming back to kill him..
Bless you Terry Fox..
http://www.terryfoxrun.org/english/home/default.asp?s=1

[Jesse Joe]

Very well said Charlene, I did meet him as he went by my hometown which in 1980 the TCH {Highway 15}, was going thru the town. Now since 1999 {Highway 15} by passes the village. But I expect them to take the exit and go thru the town where Terry ran in 1980. He also slept that night in one of the villages motel and did give a speech at the local town hall. His mother was back to speak a few years ago...

In the program ( Documentary) "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother," Terry does mention being well received in the small towns of New Brunswick. A portrait of him still hangs in one of the town local Restaurant where he and his entourage had their meals.

An incredible human he was, it still makes me sad when I think about him, the dream he had but to end the way it did... A great Canadian who touched the hearts of millions worldwide !

Thanks for adding what you said Char about this great hero, who for me will never be forgotten...