Terrance Stanley Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on July 28th 1958. He was raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia and was very athletic. He came home complaining of a searing pain in his right knee after running around the track. X-rays confirmed he a rare form of bone cancer, steogenic sarcoma, a cancerous tumor that makes the bone go soft. As a result, his right leg had to be amputated six inches above his knee. Fox learned how to use an artificial leg, and three weeks after surgery, he was walking. During his recovery, he developed the idea for the "Marathon of Hope". The "Marathon of Hope" was to consist of a run across Canada to raise both money and awareness for cancer research. What he didn't know at the time, was that stray sarcoma cells often end up in the lungs and don't show up on scans for some time.

Fox was very determined little boy who never liked to miss a day of school. He blossomed into an athlete during junior high school, the same time he met......

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Title: Terryfox
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