Are you sure that was an American school? Terry Fox is a Canadian folkhero, and is pretty much only famous in Canada, i'm pretty sure Americans don't give a shit about Canadian culture
As a Canadian that runs the terry fox run every year and truly believes in this cause considering I have family members who have died of cancer, the comments on this post are very disrespectful. Seriously, grow up. It was pointless. It was amazing. It took so much strength and courage and you people are mocking him.
There was very little money going toward cancer research at the time. He raised over 20 million dollars in 1980 and brought awareness across the entire nation... To this day Terry fox runs have raised $650 million. Yes, very pointless.
But like... Sit down.. Have a beer maybe?