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FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE
CANCER SOCIETY IN ONTARIO.
AND WHILE HE WENT OFF TO
PREPARE FOR THAT PART OF THE
MARATHON, TERRY, DARRELL,
AND DOUG WERE LEFT TO GET
ACROSS QUEBEC ON THEIR OWN.
NO ONE SPOKE OR UNDERSTOOD
FRENCH.
THERE WAS NO PUBLICITY
MACHINE, AND SADLY, THE
MESSAGE NEVER MADE AN
IMPRESSION IN MOST OF LA
BELLE PROVINCE.
>> WE CROSSED THE BORDER.
WE HAD INTENDED TO RUN ON
THE HIGHWAY AND WE WERE TOLD
THAT "YOU CAN'T RUN HERE.
YOU'RE A DANGER.
YOU'RE CAUSING A HAZARD TO
TRAFFIC AND TO YOURSELF."
AND WE WERE FORCED OFF ONTO
A ROAD RUNNING ALONG THE
St. LAWRENCE RIVER.
>> IN A 100 MILE STRETCH,
THEY ONLY RAISED $35.
THE ONLY THING THAT KEPT
THEM GOING WAS THE PROMISE
OF BETTER DAYS TO COME.
(LOUD CHEERS/APPLAUSE)
IN OTTAWA, BILL VIGGERS HAD
DONE HIS JOB SGL A MEDIA
CIRCUS WOULD SWEEP TERRY
ACROSS HIS PATH.
IT WAS THE START OF
SOMETHING BIG.