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Iconic Terry Fox van to be restored
Filed Under (Fact and Fancy) by WendyF on 24-05-2008
The Econoline van that was Terry Fox’s home on the road for 143 days during his 1980 Marathon of Hope is being restored.
The van was left behind in Thunder Bay and his family lost track of it after Fox was forced to stop his run outside the northwestern Ontario city when his cancer returned.
In 1977, Fox’s right leg had been amputated above his knee after he was diagnosed at age 18 with bone cancer.
On April 12, 1980, Fox dipped his artificial foot in the Atlantic Ocean off St. John’s, N.L., and began his Marathon of Hope to raise money for cancer research.
He ran about 42 kilometres each day no matter the weather — freezing rain, high winds, even snow, with….
