OT Good news - real Canadian hero
 

Today is the 25th anniversary of Terry Fox's starting his 'marathan of
Hope' in St. John's Newfoundland. The one legged 22 year old runner
(lost other to cancer) wanted to run across the country, raise awareness
and $ 1 million for cancer research.
In those days there were so many people bicycling, walking, running,
creeping & crawling from the Atlantic to the Pacific or vice versa, that
his campaign was slow to get attention. As he made his way day after
day....running a marathon each & every one, things started to pick up
and by the time he hit Ontario...the excitement and national media
attention was strong. When cancer returned and he was stopped at
Thunder Bay, the whole country was saddened. His initial $ 1 mill (then
upgraded to $ 20 mil) dream has steamrolled until 360 million has now
been raised in his name.
A true Canadian hero.
http://www.cbc.ca/terryfox/