Who Is Terry Fox's Marathon Of Hope?
English 10
20 Dec. 2013
“Marathon of Hope” It was not something new for someone to run across Canada, but for someone to do that but with an artificial leg, now that was something different. Terry Fox was an athlete who lost his leg to cancer when he was only 18 and decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. Terry Fox shoved any doubt that anyone had of him running across Canada on one leg to the back of their heads after he showed what he could do. Losing a leg to cancer did not discourage Terry Fox, if anything, it made him want to run across Canada and become one of the nation’s greatest heroes to ever live. Terrance Stanley Fox was born on July 28, 1958 Fox in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Betty and Rolly. He had three siblings, an older brother named Fred, a younger brother named Darrell, and a younger sister named Judith (“The Early Years”). As a kid, Fox had lived in a normal house with a loving family, went to school, and earned a good education. He grew up playing all kinds of sports, but his one true love, like many kids, was basketball. What set him apart from any other kid, though, was his drive, his …show more content…
John, Newfoundland, and his Marathon of Hope began. The run was 5,300 miles from coast to coast and Fox planned to run 30-40 miles a day and hoped to be done in six to seven months (Into the Wind). A camera crew was hired to film the marathon and when Fox started his run, people came out of their homes, clapped, cheered, and sent him on his way (Into the Wind). The whole marathon was not one bit easy, Fox ran through thunderstorms, freezing rain, howling winds at velocities in which he could not even move, sweltering temperatures, and sometimes drivers would try to run him off the road (Scrivener). As Fox became more popular throughout Canada and with what he was doing, he was scheduled for several public speaking events every day
20 Dec. 2013
“Marathon of Hope” It was not something new for someone to run across Canada, but for someone to do that but with an artificial leg, now that was something different. Terry Fox was an athlete who lost his leg to cancer when he was only 18 and decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. Terry Fox shoved any doubt that anyone had of him running across Canada on one leg to the back of their heads after he showed what he could do. Losing a leg to cancer did not discourage Terry Fox, if anything, it made him want to run across Canada and become one of the nation’s greatest heroes to ever live. Terrance Stanley Fox was born on July 28, 1958 Fox in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Betty and Rolly. He had three siblings, an older brother named Fred, a younger brother named Darrell, and a younger sister named Judith (“The Early Years”). As a kid, Fox had lived in a normal house with a loving family, went to school, and earned a good education. He grew up playing all kinds of sports, but his one true love, like many kids, was basketball. What set him apart from any other kid, though, was his drive, his …show more content…
John, Newfoundland, and his Marathon of Hope began. The run was 5,300 miles from coast to coast and Fox planned to run 30-40 miles a day and hoped to be done in six to seven months (Into the Wind). A camera crew was hired to film the marathon and when Fox started his run, people came out of their homes, clapped, cheered, and sent him on his way (Into the Wind). The whole marathon was not one bit easy, Fox ran through thunderstorms, freezing rain, howling winds at velocities in which he could not even move, sweltering temperatures, and sometimes drivers would try to run him off the road (Scrivener). As Fox became more popular throughout Canada and with what he was doing, he was scheduled for several public speaking events every day