David - a history of cancer and now we know he was dying of it while he ran his marathon every day.
It's an amazing story and legacy he has left the world.
JJ - I never saw him in person altho he was right down the street at TIm Horton's !
lol
That's where he met up with his parents after not seeing them for months. There was a ceremony there last year to commemorate it.
Terry endeared himself to me even more by having Darryl Sittler as his idol! lol
My son is named after him!
On that same Sept.1,1981 a young fellow, Jeffrey, (he was 12) I knew was diagnosed with cancer as well. Altho it seemed he would not survive either, he did and today is a doctor as he promised when being treated at Sick Kids hospital and he and his wife had a miracle baby in February, never thinking he'd have his own kids after all of his cancer treatments. My son is also named after Jeffrey.
So the whole Darryl Sittler/Terry Fox/cancer/Jeffrey circle means a lot to me...
Char
toronto sun:
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Colum...8/1656850.html