1. When Terry Fox was eighteen, he got very sick. He had to go hospital in Winnipeg, Canada. His doctors said he had cancer. Cancer is a dangerous disease. The doctors told Terry they had to amputate his right leg. This means they had to cut off his leg. But the doctors gave Terry anew leg made of metal and plastic. Terry had to learn to walk again.
2. Two years later, Terry wanted to help the hospital and other people with cancer. He wanted to make some money for them. So he decided to run across Canada. Terry said he was going to run from Newfoundland in the east to Vancouver in the west. That is 8,529 kilometres! He asked people to help by giving money.
3. Terry started running on 12 April 1980. Some days it was cold. Some days it was raining. Some days it was very hot. It was always difficult for Terry to run. But he ran 42 kilometres every day. People all over Canada heard about Terry. They started to give money.
4. After four months Terry had run 5,373 kilometres. But he was getting sick again. The cancer had come back. Terry had to stop running and go back into hospital.