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Have you heard of Terry Fox in your Country?  It was 30 years ago today that his "Marathon of Hope" across Canada was cut short near Thunder Bay, Ontario. I was in school, and we talked about him throughout his run - then we all know the end of the story  :'(  He had run 26 miles per day with one leg, hoping to raise a Million dollars for cancer research.  30 years later, more than 400 million dollars have been raised in his name.   (He had osteo sarcoma, a type of cancer that today still has a dismal survival rate.)

It goes to show that none of us should ever think we are too small to make a difference.

A video from ESPN
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjgTlCTluPA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjgTlCTluPA</a>

They put this monunent on the Highway where the Marathon of Hope ended outside Thunder Bay.

If there is a Canadian hero it's him. What he did was amazing on all counts.

I believe he received the highest number of votes in a recent across Canada poll as to who was the greatest Canadian.  I well remember the Marathon of Hope back in my early teenage years.  He's a true inspiration.

Nope, he came in second. Tommy Douglas - father of the publicly-funded universal health care system - came in first. But yeah, it's hard to find a Canadian who doesn't know who Terry Fox was.

Terry's story brought tears to my eyes; thanks for sharing the video.