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canadianman29 · 10-04-2010, 10:27 AM

IN THE NEWS
September 2
Canadians everywhere are stunned and heartbroken: Terry Fox's cancer has returned and his Marathon of Hope must end near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Terry has run 5,373 kilometers after 143 days on the road. On the verge of tears, Terry Fox lies on a stretcher and tells reporters he has cancer in his lungs and must go home for more treatment.
This is a map of the route Fox took just over halfway across Canada:
Terry wrote his final Marathon of Hope diary entry August 31, 1980, as he was nearing Thunder Bay, Ontario. "Today was alright. Started late and it was cold for the entire morning. Twelve, eleven. Nothing else happened."
As he approached Thunder Bay, Terry started coughing, and felt a pain in his neck and chest. He kept running. The pain in his chest became so bad he thought he was having a heart attack. Instead of going to a hospital, Terry asked to be taken to his hotel room and have a doctor visit him there. The doctor thought Terry might have a collapsed lung, and took him to the hospital.
X-Rays were taken, and a specialist broke the news that Terry's cancer had returned and spread to his lungs. Terry's parents immediately flew to Thunder Bay to join him. Terry was flown back to Vancouver by private jet, and taken to the Royal Columbian Hospital. It was there that he learned that malignant cells in his knee had metastasized and spread to both lungs.
A tumour the size of a golf ball had formed in his right lung, while his left lung had a tumour that was too large and near his heart to be surgically removed. While he was in the hospital, a national telethon for Terry on CTV raised more than $10 million for cancer research, including two $1 million pledges from the British Columbia, and Ontario governments.
Terry turned down many offers from people who wanted to complete his marathon, including one from the Toronto Maple Leafs. He wanted to get healthy and do it himself.
Terry would later be awarded the Order of Canada, the highest honour given by Canada to civilians. He is the youngest person ever to recieve this honour. Because of Terry's poor health, Governor General Edward Shreyer made a special trip to Port Coquitlam, BC to bestow the honor. Terry recieved several other awards, including The Order of the Dogwood, British Columbia's highest civilian award. The Sword of Hope from the American Cancer Society, The Lou Marsh award for outstanding athletic accomplishment. Canadian of the Year from the editors of the Canadian Press, and he would be the very first to recieve the Terry Fox Gold Medal from Simon Fraser University, created in 1981 to recognize students who show courage in the face of adversity.
Terry underwent chemotherapy and was able to move back in with his parents. In January and February he became ill again, and was given the experimental drug Interferon, without success.
While in hospital Terry recieved a telegram from Isadore Sharp, an executive with Four Seasons hotels, telling him that his Marathon of Hope would live on, with the annual Terry Fox Run to support cancer research, and that it would not stop until Terry's dream of beating cancer was realized. (Note: Today the Terry Fox run takes place in 30 countries around the world in North America (Canada, US, and Cuba), Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa)
A monument was erected in Terry's honour just outside Thunder Bay, over the spot where he was forced to abandon his run.

10-04-2010, 10:27 AM	#68
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	IN THE NEWS September 2 Canadians everywhere are stunned and heartbroken: Terry Fox's cancer has returned and his Marathon of Hope must end near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Terry has run 5,373 kilometers after 143 days on the road. On the verge of tears, Terry Fox lies on a stretcher and tells reporters he has cancer in his lungs and must go home for more treatment. This is a map of the route Fox took just over halfway across Canada: Terry wrote his final Marathon of Hope diary entry August 31, 1980, as he was nearing Thunder Bay, Ontario. "Today was alright. Started late and it was cold for the entire morning. Twelve, eleven. Nothing else happened." As he approached Thunder Bay, Terry started coughing, and felt a pain in his neck and chest. He kept running. The pain in his chest became so bad he thought he was having a heart attack. Instead of going to a hospital, Terry asked to be taken to his hotel room and have a doctor visit him there. The doctor thought Terry might have a collapsed lung, and took him to the hospital. X-Rays were taken, and a specialist broke the news that Terry's cancer had returned and spread to his lungs. Terry's parents immediately flew to Thunder Bay to join him. Terry was flown back to Vancouver by private jet, and taken to the Royal Columbian Hospital. It was there that he learned that malignant cells in his knee had metastasized and spread to both lungs. A tumour the size of a golf ball had formed in his right lung, while his left lung had a tumour that was too large and near his heart to be surgically removed. While he was in the hospital, a national telethon for Terry on CTV raised more than $10 million for cancer research, including two $1 million pledges from the British Columbia, and Ontario governments. Terry turned down many offers from people who wanted to complete his marathon, including one from the Toronto Maple Leafs. He wanted to get healthy and do it himself. Terry would later be awarded the Order of Canada, the highest honour given by Canada to civilians. He is the youngest person ever to recieve this honour. Because of Terry's poor health, Governor General Edward Shreyer made a special trip to Port Coquitlam, BC to bestow the honor. Terry recieved several other awards, including The Order of the Dogwood, British Columbia's highest civilian award. The Sword of Hope from the American Cancer Society, The Lou Marsh award for outstanding athletic accomplishment. Canadian of the Year from the editors of the Canadian Press, and he would be the very first to recieve the Terry Fox Gold Medal from Simon Fraser University, created in 1981 to recognize students who show courage in the face of adversity. Terry underwent chemotherapy and was able to move back in with his parents. In January and February he became ill again, and was given the experimental drug Interferon, without success. While in hospital Terry recieved a telegram from Isadore Sharp, an executive with Four Seasons hotels, telling him that his Marathon of Hope would live on, with the annual Terry Fox Run to support cancer research, and that it would not stop until Terry's dream of beating cancer was realized. (Note: Today the Terry Fox run takes place in 30 countries around the world in North America (Canada, US, and Cuba), Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa) A monument was erected in Terry's honour just outside Thunder Bay, over the spot where he was forced to abandon his run.