| Imagine that you are 28 years old, full of vim and vigor, | | | | another challenge. While his cancer made him realize |
| and so full of excitement and promise about life. But | | | | that death could come soon, he turned that grim |
| also try to think of how you will react when doctors tell | | | | reminder of human mortality into a lofty dream. Terry |
| you that your right knee must be amputated to | | | | Fox, despite having only one normal leg and a |
| prevent cancer from spreading throughout your body. | | | | prosthesis, decided to run across Canada to raise |
| Would you cry in sadness or scream in anger? | | | | money to fund cancer research. Hailed as the greatest |
| Probably, most people would wail and ask the | | | | Canadian hero of modern times, Terry was often |
| proverbial question, "Why me?" | | | | quoted as saying that his pain in running was nothing |
| But one man named Terry Fox did exactly the | | | | compared to the agony experienced by others like him |
| opposite. Instead of thinking about the amputation as a | | | | who suffered from cancer. |
| disability, he saw it as an opportunity to rise to yet | | | | |