Terry Fox A Canadian Hero

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Terry Fox was a Canadian Hero with bone cancer, he travelled across canada to raise money for cancer. His goal was $1 000 000, but he then raised around $500 000 000.
Ready to never give up, he set his journey to run the marathon of hope across Canada.
After stop about three quarters there he stopped and told his friends to get him to the hospital.That was when he stopped his journey. He was later diagnosed with lung cancer. The cancer spread to his lungs and he could barely breath. He then later died of lung cancer.
After learning about Terry’s journey, i focused on the time when he Started his journey.
This is one of his quotes in his journal at that time ” I want to try the impossible to show it can be done”.
The song that i believe

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