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Terry Fox "How
many people do something they really
believe in? I just wish people would realize that anything's possible
if you try. Dreams are made if people try" Terry Fox At Only 22, Terry Fox was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma cancer and he died one month before his 23rd birthday. What makes Terry Fox a hero is his spirited fight against cancer. Terry Fox had two dreams. The first was to run across Canada with a prosthetic leg. The second was to raise money to find a cure for cancer research. Unfortunately, the growth in his cancer prevented him from making it past the halfway mark in Thunder Bay, Ontario. But his unyielding termination gave hope to cancer survivors and his Marathon of Hope has raised over $360 million. Terry Fox is indeed a Canadian hero. Canadians are hesitant of glorifying heroes because our vast country has so many regions making it almost impossible for political leaders to be adored in every part of the country. In Canada, we usually end up eating our own because we sometimes over-scrutinize Canadians that are in the spotlight. Terry Fox is an undisputed hero because he accomplished the unattainable without irritating anybody. The Dominion Institute and the Council for Canadian Unity rated him as the Greatest Canadian Hero in a 1999 survey. Also on the Greatest Canadian TV show, he finished second only behind Tommy Douglas. Whatever place he finishes in a particular poll he is constantly at top as all Canadians look up to him. Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope
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