>>
>> Ian:
>> Ian: THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE IT A TOUGH YEAR FOR CHARITY EVENTS.
IN PREVIOUS SEPTEMBER THIS IS
HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST --
THE TERRY FOX RUN.
2020 MARKS 40 YEARS SINCE HIS
MARATHON OF HOPE.
AN ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF HIS
ICONIC SHOE SOLD OUT IN MINUTES,
THE TERRY FOX RUN STILL WENT
AHEAD VIRTUALLY.
AHEAD VIRTUALLY. PARTICIPANTS WERE ENCOURAGED TO
RAISE MONEY FOR CANCER RESEARCH
THEIR WAY AND POST THEIR EFFORTS
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
MORE THAN 25,000 FUNDRAISERS IN
ALL, CHALKING UP NEARLY $5
MILLION.
MILLION.
MILLION. >>> FOUR DECADES AFTER HIS RUN
ENDED, THIS COUNTRY REMAINS
FIERCELY PROUD OF TERRY FOX.
HE DEFINED PERSEVERANCE AND HOPE
FOR A GENERATION OF CANADIANS.
NOW HE'S BEING HONOURED IN A NEW
BOOK "FOREVER TERRY:A LEGACY OF
LETTERS" IS 40 LETTERS FROM 40
CONTRIBUTORS REFLECTING ON WHAT
HE MEANS TO US.
>> MY NAME IS MARTHA
POPACONSTATINO
>> MY NAME IS MARTHA POPACONSTATINO.
POPACONSTATINO. >> I AM PERDITA FELICIEN,
OLYMPIAN, BROADCASTER AND
SPEAKER.
SPEAKER.
SPEAKER. >> MY NAME IS DARRELL FOX AND
I'M TERRY FOX'S YOUNGER BROTHER.
>> HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU?
>> SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER I WILL
GET THERE.
GET THERE. I HOPE 30 TO 40 MILES A DAY.
(♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪) >>
(♪♪♪) >> THE MOMENT I REALIZED THAT
TERHE CAPTURED THE IMAGINATIONS
OF CANADIANS IS ACTUALLY THE
VERY FIRST DAY THAT I ARRIVED,
MAY 31, 1980.
I HAD WITNESSED TERRY RUN OVER
3,000 MILES PREPARING FOR THE
MARATHON OF HOPE.
AND I COULD SEE BY HIS
COMMITMENT AND HIS DETERMINATION
THAT I FELT THAT EVEN AT THE AGE
OF 17 THAT HE WAS FULFILLING A
DREAM.
DREAM.
DREAM. (♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪) >>
(♪♪♪) >> I DON'T REMEMBER A TIME WHERE
TERRY FOX WAS NOT A PART OF MY
MEMORY.
MEMORY.
MEMORY. PART OF OUR FABRIC AS CANADIANS.
>> I HAD GONE THROUGH MY YEAR
AND A HALF OF CHEMOTHERAPY, THE
HARDEST TIME OF MY LIFE WHERE I
MIGHT HAVE DIED, BUT I LIVED.
KNOWING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE
STILL THERE, THERE ARE PEOPLE
STILL IN THE BED RIGHT NOW.
AND I DECIDED TO HELP OUT THOSE
PEOPLE BY RAISING MONEY AND BY
BEING A MOTIVATOR FOR THEM BY
DOING WHAT I AM DOING.
>> THAT IS WHO HE IS AND HE
FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AND HE
CONTINUES TO FIGHT THE GOOD
FIGHT EVEN THOUGH HE'S NO LONGER
WITH US.
WITH US.
WITH US. >> ALTHOUGH HE HAD HIS OWN
STRUGGLES AND OBSTACLES TO
OVERCOME, HE MANAGED TO
PERSEVERE AND GET THROUGH THEM
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE FACED.
(♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪) >>
(♪♪♪) >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. (♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪) >>
(♪♪♪) >> PEOPLE TELL ME TO QUIT.
I LOOK AT IT AS YOU'VE GOT A
HEART AND A MIND AND YOU'RE
HAPPY, THEN WHY CHANGE WHAT
YOU'RE DOING?
YOU'RE DOING? [Applause]
[Applause] >> I FEEL CONNECTED TO TERRY
BECAUSE HE WAS THE VERY FIRST
INDIVIDUAL THAT I SAW THAT ALSO
HAPPENED TO BE AN AMPUTEE THAT
REALLY DEMONSTRATED POWER AND
RESILIENCE.
RESILIENCE. >> I FEEL THAT LOSING MY LEG HAS
NOT HINDERED MY LIFE, IT'S
HELPED ME.
HELPED ME. I'M HAPPIER THAN BEFORE.
I FIND THINGS MORE REWARDING
THAN BEFORE.
THAN BEFORE. >> AS A YOUNG GIRL GROWING UP
WITH A DISABILITY THAT WAS HUGE
FOR MY CONFIDENCE.
>> SEVEN FULL CANDIDATES --
>> AND BEING ABLE TO ADAPT TO
ANY SITUATION THAT CAME MY WAY.
>> PAPACONSTANTINEO IN THIRD.
>> I TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD
TAKE MY OTHER LEG AWAY AND I'D
BE TOUGHER THAN I AM RIGHT NOW.
>> HE WAS AN ATHLETE AND I THINK
THAT SOMETIMES THAT LOSS, TO
START THE MARATHON OF HOPE AND
TO RUN A MARATHON EVERY SINGLE
DAY FOR THOUSANDS OF KILOMETRES
YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE THE MIND OF
AN ATHLETE.
AN ATHLETE. SO I FEEL CONNECTED TO HIM IN
THAT WAY.
THAT WAY.
THAT WAY. >> THE PART OF TERRY THAT MY
FAMILY AND I CARRY WITH US EVERY
DAY IS THAT LIFE IS SHORT.
DO NOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
TERRY SAID THAT HE MADE A
MISTAKE IN THE 18 YEARS BEFORE
HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER,
THAT HE WAS VERY SELF-CENTRED.
THAT CANCER AWAKENED HIM TO THE
CONCEPT OF GIVING BACK AND
HELPING OTHERS.
HELPING OTHERS. >> THERE ARE 25 MILLION PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN CANADA.
DON'T TELL ME THAT WE CAN'T
RAISE $25 MILLION FROM THE
PUBLIC OF CANADA.
[Applause]
[Applause] I'VE GOT TO SET MY GOALS HIGH,
BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES
AND I HAVE TO.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> WHAT I LEARNED FROM TERRY IS
THAT DISABILITY DID NOT MEAN
INABILITY.
INABILITY. AND JUST BECAUSE I HAD A
DIFFERENT CHALLENGE GROWING UP
THAN MY PEERS DID, DID NOT MEAN
THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO ACHIEVE
ANYTHING I SET MY MIND TO.
[Applause]
[Applause] >> WHAT I LEARNED FROM TERRY WAS
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU TRY.
WHICH WERE TERRY'S ACTUAL WORDS.
HE SAID BEFORE HE STARTED THE
MARATHON OF HOPE, I WANT TO TRY
THE IMPOSSIBLE TO SHOW THAT IT
CAN BE DONE.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT TERRY
DID IN MY MIND IN 1980.
HE PROVED TO US ALL THAT THE
LIMITATIONS WE HAVE ARE
SELF-IMPOSED.
SELF-IMPOSED. THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING IF WE
SET OUR MINDS AND HEART TOWARDS
A GOAL.
A GOAL.
A GOAL. >> I'M STUBBORN AND COMPETITIVE.
I'M WANT A QUITTER.
I DON'T LIKE TO LOSE.
I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE FEELING
SORRY FOR ME.
I DON'T LIKE PITY AND I WANTED
TO SHOW THESE OTHER PEOPLE WHAT
I COULD DO.
>> YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE THINK
THAT WE HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, A
MILLIONAIRE OR A POLITICIAN TO
MAKE CHANGE, TO MAKE THINGS
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. BUT HERE WAS TERRY FOX, AN
ORDINARY CANADIAN KID WHO SAID
THAT I'M NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR
SOMEBODY ELSE TO TACKLE CANCER.
I'M GOING TO FIGHT IT MYSELF.
AND TERRY DID WHAT WAS IN HIS
POWER TO DO -- HE RAN.
AND HE RAN EVERY DAY UNTIL HE
COULDN'T.
COULDN'T.
COULDN'T. >> I SAID TO PEOPLE BEFORE THAT
I'M GOING TO DO MY VERY BEST TO
MAKE IT, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE
UP, AND THAT'S TRUE.
BUT I MIGHT NOT MAKE IT.
IF I DON'T MAKE IT, THE MARATHON
OF HOPE BETTER CONTINUE.
IT'S GOT TO MOVE WITHOUT ME.
I'LL DO MY BEST BUT IT'S GOT TO
CONTINUE IF I DON'T MAKE IT.
>> I LIKE TO THINK THAT 389, 40
YEARS LATER, WE'RE CONTINUING ON
THIS MARATHON OF HOPE.
(♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪) >>
(♪♪♪) >> I BELIEVE TERRY FOX'S LEGACY
IS RESILIENCE AND POWER.
AND IT'S BEEN ABLE TO CARRY ON
WITH CANADIANS ALL THROUGHOUT
CANADA.
CANADA.
CANADA. >> I BELIEVE TERRY FOX'S LEGACY
IS THAT EACH ONE OF US CAN MAKE
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WHATEVER THE CAUSES ARE, IF WE
START LOCALLY, IF WE START IN
OUR OWN BACKYARDS, WE MIGHT NOT
KNOW WHERE THESE CHANGES WILL
TAKE US.
TAKE US.
TAKE US. THEY MAY NOT BE AS BIG AS THE
MARATHON OF HOPE.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT MATTERS.
JUST PICK UP SOMETHING, BE
PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, AND FIGHT
FOR THAT CAUSE, WHATEVER IT IS.
(♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪) >>
(♪♪♪) >> I BELIEVE TERRY'S LEGACY IS
VERY MUCH ALIVE AND VERY
VIBRANT.
VIBRANT.
VIBRANT. >> I LIKE TERRY.
>> IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT
WE'RE NOW 40 YEARS REMOVED FROM
THE MARATHON OF HOPE.
BUT IT'S AS IF IT WAS LAST WEEK
THAT TERRY WAS RUNNING, BECAUSE
CANADIANS -- TERRY FOXERS --
FROM EAST TO WEST, FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH, ARE CONTINUING WHAT HE
STARTED IN 1980.
AND WE WILL NOT RESTS
STARTED IN 1980. AND WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL HIS
DREAM OF ERADICATING CANCER ONCE
AND FOR ALL IS ELIMINATED.