Terry Fox was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) and forced to have his right leg amputated six inches above the knee in 1977.

While in the hospital, Terry was so overcome by the suffering of other cancer patients, many of them young children, that he decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.

He would call his journey the Marathon of Hope. He ran close to 42 kilometres (26 miles) a day through Canada’s Atlantic provinces, Quebec and Ontario.

However, on September 1st, after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 miles), Terry was forced to stop running outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario because cancer had appeared in his lungs. An entire nation was stunned and saddened.

Terry passed away on June 28, 1981 at the age 22. The heroic Canadian was gone, but his legacy was just beginning.

To date, over $750 million has been raised worldwide for cancer research in Terry’s name through the annual Terry Fox Run, held across Canada and around the world.

And the 2019 Weyburn Terry Fox Run just took place on Sunday at River Park, thanks to a number of volunteers from the Weyburn Credit Union, and it was a huge success! (Video below)

The weather was pretty much perfect for the entire day with the sun shining down from above.

This year saw a total of thirty six participants taking part in the Weyburn event that has currently raised $1030, with more donations still coming in.

If you would like to make a donation to the Terry Fox Foundation, you can do so any time right HERE.

Feel free to watch the short video and take a look at the photo gallery below. (Captured & edited by Denis Conroy)