Terry Fox
by Vivian Martin
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Terry Fox
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Vivian Martin
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TERRY FOX - In 1979 Prince George was the host of a race (now known as the Labour Day Classic), and this race happened to be the very first one that Terry Fox competed in after losing his right leg to cancer at the age of 18.
He came in last, but completed the entire course, and at the following banquet he announced that his intentions to run across the country to raise funds and awareness for cancer research.
The following year, he began his Marathon of Hope in Newfoundland, and made it as far as Thunder Bay, Ontario in Canada, before he was forced to withdraw due to his rapidly deteriorating health.
He died just a year late, a mere 22 years old, but his legacy lives on as Canadian across the country participate in a variety of fundraising events every year in his honour.
The Terry Fox statue in the Community Foundation Park downtown Prince George, British Columbia, was designed by Nathan Scott.
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January 5th, 2022
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