Tenzin -+The+Greatest+Canadian

__Terry Fox__ The person I chose is the person who had passed away because of __ [|osteosarcoma] __ which is Terry Fox. He got cancer when he was in university. Terry went to the doctor when he felt a pain in his leg, the doctor said that it was cancer and that he had to cut his leg before it spreads. Terry wanted to run across Canada to collect money for cancer research after his leg was replaced with an artificial leg and that is why Terry Fox is the greatest Canadian ever!

Terry was born on July 28,1958, in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Rolland "Rolly" Fox and __ [|Betty Fox] __. They gave gave birth to Fred, Darrell, Judith and Terry. Terry hated to lose so much that he would continue at any activity until he succeeded even his father would say that was a competitive child. One day his left leg started to ache and when he went to the hospital he found out he had cancer,so he cut his leg off. Ever since then he ran around Canada starting from [|St. John's], __ [|Newfoundland] __ to thunder bay. His friend Doug Alward drove the van and cooked meals for Terry.

Terry Fox hoped to raise $1 million, then $10 million, but later sought to raise $1 for each of Canada's 24 million people.Terry ran across [|St. John's], __ [|Newfoundland] __, __ [|Victoria, British Columbia] __, [|Port aux Basques, Newfoundland] , __ [|Nova Scotia] __, __ [|Montreal] __, __ [|Ottawa] __, __ [|Hawkesbury] __, and __ [|Toronto] __. He's journey included getting blisters, splints and inflamed knee's.

One day while running, Terry suffered a intense coughing and experienced chest pains. Unsure what to do he continued running until a few miles later he was short of breath and continued chest pain. So he asked Alward to take him to the hospital. When he came out of the hospital he made an emotional press conference saying that the cancer has spread to his lungs and that he must stop his marathon.

Fox raised $1.7million dollars by the time he was told that he had to abandon the marathon.He realized that the nation was about to see the consequences of the disease, and hoped that this might lead to greater generosity.In the following months, Fox received multiple chemotherapy treatments; however, the disease continued to spread.As his condition worsened, Canadians hoped for a miracle.Fox was re-admitted to the [|Royal Columbian Hospital] in [|New Westminster] on June 19, 1981, with chest congestion and developed [|pneumonia]. [|[65]] He fell into a [|coma] and died at 4:35 a.m. on June 28, 1981, with his family by his side.Years passed on and Canadians and other countries began to raise money to help the cancer research by running. Following Terry's lead.