A man with his will! Terry Fox, a cancer patient who ran 3,339 miles across Canada in just 143 days before he was diagnosed with cancer in his lungs and had to end his efforts. The purpose of his career was to collect donations for cancer research. As a result, 24 million dollars were raised by Terry himself. Over 850 million dollars have been raised after Terrys passing from the Terry Fox Charity Run every year held in Canada and other countries.