I believe that all young people should go & watch this movie. It really teaches two very important life skills! The Terry Fox Story ~ Ralph L. Thomas
The first time I came across the character, 'Terry Fox', was when I was reading Richard Leider's 'The Power of Purpose' book in the late eighties/early nineties. He did not strike a chord with me, although his remarkable feat exemplified the central premise of the book.
It was much later, towards the mid-nineties, when I was invited to watch a movie shown during a boot camp for teens. The movie was entitled, 'The Terry Fox Story'. I was really touched by Terry Fox.
In the movie, an unknown actor to me played the central character, Terry Fox. (In fact, most of the other actors were also unknown, at least to me, except for Robert Duvall, who had earlier impressed me in his role as a tough street-wise cop in the movie, Badge 363.)
Terry had lost a leg at the age of nineteen to ravaging cancer. He was an outstanding athlete but had a stubborn & competitive steak in him. Frustrated by the lack of public support for & recognition for cancer victims, he set himself the task of running across Canada to raise one million dollars for cancer research: his 'Marathon of Hope'.
Unfortunately, Terry did not achieve his dreams but clocked more than 3,000 km at the time of his early death. However, I learnt that his foundation & supporters subsequently raised more money they could imagine & also spawned a world-wide movement known as the 'Terry Fox Run'. Today, Singapore is one of the international venues.
To me, the movie captured the heart-warming true story of Terry Fox & his immediate family.
I believe that all young people should go & watch this movie. It really teaches two very important life skills:
- the value of facing a challenge; - the value of having a sense of purpose;
In the movie, Terry Fox's emotional outburst: "Nobody is ever going to call me a quitter!" drives home my point.
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