… in St John’s harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, and began the Marathon of Hope to raise money for cancer treatment.
He ran the equivalent of a marathon every day, across the four Atlantic provinces, Quebec and almost through Ontario.
Until the cancer finally got him at Thunder Bay. By then he had raised $1.7 million.
In the forty years since, over three-quarters of a billion dollars have been raised through Terry Fox runs.
RIP, Terry.