Terry Fox: Greatest Canadian Hero
Terry Fox, a young Canadian athlete who lost a leg to cancer, embarked on a cross-country run in 1980 to raise money for cancer research, becoming a national hero and global symbol of courage and perseverance before his death at age 22. Though he didn’t finish his Marathon of Hope, his le
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