Terry Fox was a person who was diagnosed with cancer in his leg and was 18 when he got diagnosed. He was a Canadian hero and inspired other children. He was the person who ran 42 kilometers a day and the one who ran across Canada. Terry ran for 143 days that equivalent to 5373 kilometers. He started running in St. John, Newfoundland on the date of April 12, 1980 and stopped running in Thunder Bay, Ontario on September 1st. He was told to stop running because the cancer had spread to his lungs. After I learned more about Terry I chose to focus on the time he was diagnosed with bone cancer. Of course, he was very sad and shocked but never gave up. The quote that chose from his journey was “I decided to take it (cancer) as it was. I didn’t want
