Marathon Of Hope

Is Cancer Research Being True to the Legacy of Terry Fox? | Cancer ...

Every year in September millions of Canadians pay special tribute to a very special young man named Terry Fox. Terry was the young Canadian who after having his leg amputated because of cancer decided he would run across Canada to raise money for cancer research . That run took place in the spring and summer of 1980 and was known as the “Marathon of Hope”.

After 142 days of running twenty-six miles a day (a marathon a day), and after 3339 miles, Terry was forced to end his run near the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario on September 1, 1980. His cancer had returned, and this time it was in his lungs.

Several months later while still just twenty-two years old Terry succumbed to cancer.

Running for “Cancer Research”

One other important part relating to this topic area. The initial objective of the Marathon of Hope was to raise roughly twenty-five millions dollars — one dollar for every Canadian at that time. Terry’s goal was actually met before he died, due to donations and pledges made during his run and during a telethon held shortly after he was forced to end his run.

In that short spring and summer of 1980 Terry had become one of Canada’s most important and inspirational heroes, and the legacy of the “Marathon of Hope” has lived on for twenty-five years, increasing in its appeal and scope every year.

The annual “Terry Fox Run” continues to be held annually across Canada, the US, and other countries around the world. According to current sources, the Terry Fox Run has now raised more than four hundred dollars million for cancer research .

Are we further ahead after four hundred dollars million?

For Canadians Terry Fox is the ultimate hero, and this makes it sacreligious to even suggest that all is not well with the Marathon of Hope and the “cancer research” that it fuels.

Nevertheless I suspect Terry himself would be surprised that we’re not further along the road to a “cure for cancer” after raising and devoting such an amazingly large amount of money to that cause.

The amounts of money raised in the US and other countries are even more staggering, and in spite of very few tangible results to show for the “research” that’s carried on, people continue to shell out money because they’ve been told, and continue to believe that a cure is “right around the corner.

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