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出生在马尼托巴çœå’Œä¸åˆ—é¢ å“¥ä¼¦æ¯”äºšçœæ出, Fox was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer in 1977, 当时他还åªæ˜¯ 18 å². His leg was amputated six inches above his knee, and after undergoing intensive cancer treatment, he was fitted for an artificial leg.
Fox subsequently decided to raise money for cancer research. 在 1980, despite his artificial leg, 他开始了他 希望马拉æ¾. Starting in April from St John’s, 纽芬兰, 他打算 run across Canada from coast to coast.
Fox ran the equivalent of a marathon a day — 26 英里 (或 42 公里) — from his Atlantic coast starting point. 到了ä¹æœˆ, åŽ 143 天åŠä»¥ä¸Š 3,300 英里 (5,300 公里), 他顺利进入安大略çœ, just outside the city of Thunder Bay.
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由二月 1981, Fox had achieved his fund-raising goal — 募集 $1 from every Canadian to fight cancer. The Canadian population at that time was 24.1 万, 他希望马拉æ¾å‹Ÿ $24.1 万.
Although Fox died of cancer in June 1981, his fund-raising legacy lives on, 通过 特里·ç¦å…‹æ–¯åŸºé‡‘会 而æ¯å¹´ 泰瑞·ç¦å…‹æ–¯æ¶¦, è¿™å‘生在 以上 900 locations æ¨ªè·¨åŠ æ‹¿å¤§. This year’s Terry Fox Run will be held this Saturday, ä¹æœˆ 13, 2009.
Even kids can get in on the fund-raising act through the 特里·ç¦å…‹æ–¯å…¨å›½å¦æ ¡è¿è¡Œæ—¥, å…¶ä¸å‘生星期五, ä¹æœˆ 25, 2009 在全国的å¦æ ¡.
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