The Dubai Terry Fox Run (DTFR) is organized by a volunteer committee under patronage of Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum; President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates airline and Group.
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00:00It's been really great.
00:22We had Dubai Festival City stepped up this year and offered us this great location.
00:26We have lots of space.
00:27We're having a great turnout this morning.
00:30Just registering everybody.
00:31Had a little bit of rain, but the sun should come down and warm us up really quickly.
00:35We expect, you know, 10 to 20,000 people, so let's go Terry Fox.
00:40Terry Fox's primary cause is oncology and cancer treatment, cancer research.
00:48The Aga Khan Health Services, it's very close to the heart of the Aga Khan Health Services
00:52and we do a lot of work ourselves on that, so we're proud to be associated.
00:56It's so wonderful to see the communities of Dubai getting together here.
00:59Almost overwhelming, how many people are here, to think that one person, Terry, started with
01:04his friend Doug Allward in Canada with a dream of trying to find a cure for cancer by raising
01:10money for cancer research and here we are today, 33 years later, in Dubai, United Arab
01:16Emirates, running for the same cause to try and find a cure for cancer research.
01:21It's overwhelming.
01:22It's surreal.
01:23I'm so proud and excited to be here today.
01:26No, I've not run the Terry Fox before, this is the first time we've come down, but worked
01:29for Alpha Team and it was part of DFC, so we thought we ought to, so, and it's obviously
01:34a good cause.
01:35I usually run in marathons, but this is my first Terry Fox run, yeah.
01:40I think it's a really good thing to do in respect of cancer.
01:44I'm here because I've done this before and I think it's really nice, it gives me hope
01:48in humanity because it's for such a good cause.
01:51We need to help, so that's why we're here.
01:54It's a very worthy cause.
01:55I've been participating in this for the last 17, 18 years and it's amazing how the community
01:59turns up to support this so important cause.
02:02I have people in the family that are suffering from cancer and I'm here to support them.
02:08People who've had cancer, obviously cancer touches many people's lives and it's a great
02:13cause and we just want to be part of it.
02:24I'm here because I've done this before and I think it's really nice, it gives me hope.
02:54I'm here because I've done this before and I think it's really nice, it gives me hope.
03:24I'm here because I've done this before and I think it's really nice, it gives me hope.