Maclean's Magazine published a good story about Terry Fox by Ken MacQueen their April 1 issue, titled The Relentless Terry Fox.

MacQueen accompanied Fox for three days along the Marathon of Hope back in 1980, in Ontario.  He gives some of the background stories, about some of the frustrations on the tour, the sacrifice of Darrell Fox's high school graduation ceremony so he could join his brother Terry, the anguish of Betty Fox "giving up two sons to the road."

"It was a stupid thing to do," says Betty Fox reflecting on her son's quest to run across Canada on one leg, "really stupid." 
"It was supposed to happen," she says next reflecting how all the pieces fell into place to create one of Canada's singular moments of history.  "I believe he was supposed to get cancer. And do this run for cancer research."  Then, as with a tear wrenching realization she concludes,  "He wasn't meant to . . . to live."

MacQueen also reflects on how true the Terry Fox Run Foundation has stayed to Terry's wishes.  There is no corporate sponsorship, no endorsements, no event or company tie-ins.  It is a very lean operation that Terry's brother Darrell runs as national director of the organization.

Attending the Canadian Mint coin unveiling at Simon Fraser University on March 14th, MacQueen sees all the people who played important roles in Terry's development and his dream; his parents and siblings, his coaches, his best friend Doug Alward, his friend Rick Hansen. MacQueen poses the questions about how rare an occurence a Terry Fox comes along in a country's history, and concludes that Terry Fox had a tremendous support system.  Rick Hansen called his old friend "the instrument of a dream" and says, "The vision behind it is so captivating it doesn't always just depend on one individual."

 It's a good story.

For my personal account and pictures of attending the coin unveiling click here.