Terry Fox Statue, Ottawa, Canada stock photo

The National Capital Commission's website provides this summary of Terry Fox's life:<br /><br />"Terry Fox died in 1981, just one month short of his 23rd birthday. Still a teenager when he lost a leg to cancer, Terry made a brave choice. He undertook a run — one-legged — across Canada in an effort to raise money for the fight against cancer. He called it the Marathon of Hope. <br /><br />"He ran for 143 days, through the Maritimes, Quebec and Ontario, before the bone cancer that had taken part of his right leg returned and forced him to stop near Thunder Bay. Terry Fox never completed his journey, but he did reach his goal of raising $1 for every Canadian to support cancer research. His legacy continues in more than 50 countries, and the annual Terry Fox Run has raised over $300 million for cancer research since 1980. Terry Fox is truly a Canadian hero."<br /><br />John Hooper created this statue of Terry Fox in 1983. It stands on Wellington Street opposite the main entrance gates to Canada's Parliament Hill. <br /><br />I have photographed the statue in all seasons from a variety of angles. On this sunny Sunday in the spring of 2006, the sky was a brilliant blue and the sunlight was at an ideal angle to highlight the expression on Terry's face, the expression which we remember so clearly from news coverage of the Marathon of Hope in 1980.