Every Canadian knows….테리 í스
ì–¸ì œ ë‹¹ì‹ ì´ ìƒˆë¡œìš´ 나ë¼ë¡œ ì´ë™, you need to learn about that country’s heroes. ìºë‚˜ë‹¤, ê·¸ í¬ê¸° ì´ìƒì˜ ì‚¶ì˜ ì•„ì´ì½˜ 중 하나입니다 테리 í스.
ë§¤ë‹ˆí† ë°”ì—서 태어나 브리티시 컬럼비아ì—서 ì œê¸°ëœ, Fox was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer in 1977, 그는 단지 때 18 옛 ë…„. 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. ì— 1980, despite his artificial leg, 그는 시작했다 ê·¸ì˜ í¬ë§ì˜ 마ë¼í†¤. Starting in April from St John’s, 뉴 펀들 랜드, 그는 ì˜ë„ run across Canada from coast to coast.
Fox ran the equivalent of a marathon a day — 26 ë§ˆì¼ (ë˜ëŠ” 42 km) — from his Atlantic coast starting point. 9 월까지, 후 143 ì¼ë³´ë‹¤ ë” 3,300 ë§ˆì¼ (5,300 km), 그는 ì˜¨íƒ€ë¦¬ì˜¤ì— ìž˜í–ˆë‹¤, just outside the city of Thunder Bay.
불행하게ë„, that’s where his marathon ended. The cancer had spread to his lung, 그는 치료를 위해 BC로 복귀했다.
2 ì›”ì— ì˜í•˜ì—¬ 1981, Fox had achieved his fund-raising goal — 올립니다 $1 from every Canadian to fight cancer. The Canadian population at that time was 24.1 백만, ê·¸ë¦¬ê³ í¬ë§ì˜ ê·¸ì˜ ë§ˆë¼í†¤ê°€ ë°œìƒí–ˆë‹¤ $24.1 백만.
Although Fox died of cancer in June 1981, his fund-raising legacy lives on, 를 통해 테리 í스 재단 와 ì—°ê°„ì„ í…Œë¦¬ í스 실행, ì–´ë–¤ì—서 ë°œìƒ ì´ìƒ 900 locations ìºë‚˜ë‹¤ ì „ì—. This year’s Terry Fox Run will be held this Saturday, September 13, 2009.
Even kids can get in on the fund-raising act through the 테리 í스 êµë¦½ í•™êµ ì‹¤í–‰ì˜ ë‚ , ì–´ëŠ ê¸ˆìš”ì¼ ë°œìƒ, September 25, 2009 í•™êµì—서 ì „êµ.
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