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Illustration of a young runner with a 1980 style prosthetic leg on a highway through Canadian Shield country at sunrise

Living Memory · 1980

The Marathon of Hope: Terry Fox, 143 Days, and the Run Canada Has Never Stopped Finishing

In April 1980 a 21 year old from Port Coquitlam dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic and started running a marathon a day across Canada. He never reached the Pacific. Canada has been finishing his run ever since.

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2001Newfoundland and Labrador

Living Memory · 2001

Plane People: How Gander, Newfoundland Took In 6,579 Stranded Passengers on September 11, 2001

When United States airspace closed on September 11, 2001, 38 airliners landed in Gander, Newfoundland, a town of about ten thousand people. What Gander did in the next five days became world famous. The plain record is even better.

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