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Friday, September 28, 2007, 5:14 PM
The Terry Fox Run

As a Canadian, we honor our Canadian hero, Terry Fox.
Today was the Terry Fox Run. We took a 2 kilometer walk from school, through the Community Center, and deep into the neighborhood. Before, we got Terry Fox bookmarks and tattoos.
Since I'm part of the Art Club, we made Terry Fox t-shirts. ^^; I'm still wearing mine... and I'm wearing my tattoo, too.
If you're not Canadian, and don't know about Terry Fox, you must be asking, "Who the heck is Terry Fox???"
He was a normal guy that lived in Newfoundland, I think. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Terry worked hard in school and was an excellent athlete. He got the Athlete of the Year award.
One day, he had a bad pain in his leg. It hurt so bad that he had to go to the hospital. The doctors told him and his family that he had cancer. Terry's parents were very sad. Back in the 1980's, doctors couldn't do much when it came to sicknesses like cancer. There was only one way. Get his leg amputated.
Terry spent months in the hospital, soon he went home with an artificial leg.
As he left, he couldn't stop thinking about those sick children with cancer.
He thought of doing something about it. So he decided to run across Canada for money. Money that could help out those sick kids and make them healthy again.
His parents said he couldn't do all that on one good leg. He didn't listen.

When Terry was 18, he decided to start the run across Canada. His friend, Darrell(that's his friend's name, right?), came along and helped him.
The run was called the "Marathon of Hope".
As Terry run, he became famous. He said he didn't want to be famous, he wanted to help beat cancer.

As time passed, Terry started coughing. He felt pain in his chest frequently and always had to stop. His friend told him to go see a doctor. He didn't want to, and just kept running. The coughing got worse and worse. Darrell decided to bring him to the hospital. The doctors told them that the cancer had spread to Terry's lungs. This time, the doctor's could do nothing about it.
Terry died sometime after that. Canadians still remember him and how determined and courageous Terry was. He collected over $180 000 000 for cancer research.

That's the basic summery of Terry's life. Here's more.

The morning was very busy because we'd be walking for the whole afternoon.

Not much happened. That's all I have to tell you.

♥, Yuki