# Forty years ago today, Terry Fox dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic ocean ...
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**Created:** [April 12, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forty-years-ago-today-terry-fox-dipped-his-artificial-leg-in-the-atlantic-ocean/851619 "2020-04-12T12:09:46Z")
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forty-years-ago-today-terry-fox-dipped-his-artificial-leg-in-the-atlantic-ocean/851619/1 "2020-04-12T12:09:46Z")
… 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.
[Terry Fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Fox)
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### Author:  [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forty-years-ago-today-terry-fox-dipped-his-artificial-leg-in-the-atlantic-ocean/851619/2 "2020-04-12T12:23:19Z")
Great post, thanks for the reminder.
Forty years? Seems much closer than that somehow.