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Into the Wind (2010)
Rate:
9
Viewed:
9/25
9/25:
In 2010, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ran a special called The Greatest Canadian.
Over 10,000 names were submitted, and more than 1.2 million votes went into reducing the list to 50 Greatest
Canadians. Terry Fox made number two. Wayne Gretzky? He was 10th. Wait a minute...who's Terry Fox? That's
the subject of Into the Wind.
Terry Fox was an ordinary guy who happened to be a decent athlete. In 1977, his right leg was amputated due
to cancer. So, he was fitted with a prosthetic leg. Three years later, he decided to run across Canada to
raise money for cancer research by doing a marathon a day.
At first, nobody paid attention. Eventually, the press got into it, rousing everybody in Canada. Forced to
finish early because of the cancer coming back, Terry Fox ultimately ran 3,339 miles in 143 days. Nine months
later, he died at age 22. His "Marathon of Hope" raised $1.7 million. A TV telethon appeared afterwards,
collecting another $10.5 million. By 2022, over $850 million had been raised by the Terry Fox Foundation
for cancer research. Now, that's what you call making something out of nothing.
All in all, Into the Wind is way better than most of the stuff from 30 for 30.