Terry Fox is sure someone that all Canadians can say they look up too. Terry suffered from a desease called osteosarcoma which forced him to have his right leg amputated. Terry was such an athlete at a young age and played a lot of basketball in highschool. If people thought that having one leg would stop him they were completely wrong. He won 3 national championships in Vancouver for wheelchair basketball. Terry then ran across Canada to build money for cancer research. He did everything he could to help others. He was just like you and me but he had this heroic feature that is not found in many of us. He died at the age of 22 from lung cancer. Terry was an inspiration and still is an inspiration for so many Canadians. Being so fearless and sacrificing all your time into helping others is something we can all smile at and think about. It is so important that we look back and reflect on characters like Terry because he displays not only what a true Canadian should be like with his caring attitude and optimism but what everyone in the whole world should try to be like. If everyone were like Terry the world would definatley be a different place. Terry will always be remembered as if not the greatest, one of the greatest Canadians ever. He is a hero and is this Countries heart and soul. I don't know one Canadian that isn't proud to say their Canadian when his name comes up.
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