* Dawn Rising *  

At nineteen years of age, doctors told Terry Fox that he had cancer, and his leg had to be amputated to save his life.

Two years later, with an artificial leg, Terry Fox decided to run across Canada in order to raise funds for cancer research and to raise people's awareness about cancer.

After running 5,373 kilometers in 144 days, Terry had to stop because cancer already reached his lungs.

Although he never finished his run, Terry Fox became a legend not only in Canada but throughout the world. Every year, in over twenty countries, millions participate in the Terry Fox Run that help raise money for cancer research. In Canada, there is a mountain in the Rockies that has been named after him, Mount Fox.

Here was a young man who did not allow himself to be defeated by an incurable disease. Instead, he tried to do something that will help others. And he made a difference.

Source: Haydn Sargent, Power to Choose. Heinemann Asia, 37 Jalan Pemimpin #07-04/05 Block B, Union Industrial Building, Singapore 2057.