Terry Fox: He Ran Across Canada on One Leg

At 18, Terry Fox lost his right leg to cancer. In 1980, with one natural leg and one artificial leg, he began the Marathon of Hope: a run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. For 143 days, Terry ran through weather, traffic, pain, and crowds that grew from curious strangers into a country paying attention. He stopped near Thunder Bay only after cancer spread to his lungs, but the mission kept moving through everyone who picked it up after him. Disclosure: This video uses AI-assisted claymation-style dramatized recreations and AI-generated narration. Visuals are not archival footage. Facts are based on the sources below. Chapters: 00:00 The boy before the monument 00:41 Cancer, anger, and the idea 01:20 The impossible plan 02:17 The Marathon of Hope begins 03:01 One marathon a day 05:09 Thunder Bay and the legacy Sources: The Terry Fox Foundation - Terry's Story https://terryfox.org/terrys-story/ --- The Terry Fox Foundation - Terry's Timeline https://terryfox.org/terrys-story/ter... --- Terry Fox Research Institute - About Terry Fox https://www.tfri.ca/about/terry-fox --- Governor General of Canada - Terry Fox Honours Record https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipien... --- #TerryFox #MarathonOfHope #OddlyHuman