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Mine Victim Runs Bathurst-Sydney
20 July 1997
An Englishman who lost an arm and a leg to a land mine two years ago, completed a 124-mile run from the rural town of Bathurst to Sydney to raise money for fellow victims of the deadly weapons. Former British army officer Chris Moon, running with one artificial leg, started his run Thursday.
He ran approx one full marathon a day (42km) for the four days.
Asked how he felt when he crossed the finish line at Sydney’s Victoria Barracks, Moon replied with a weary grin: “Like a one-legged man who has just run 200 kilometers. I did not consider failure. I was going to fall over dead or keep running. I wasn’t going to pull out,” Moon said.
Moon lost his limbs while working for charity, clearing mines in Mozambique in 1995. After being fitted with prosthetic limbs, he began running for charity. Last year, Britian’s Princess Diana presented Moon with a bravery award after he traversed an 89-mile stretch of the Sahara Desert to raise awareness of the devastation wrought by the world’s millions of concealed landmines.
Moon’s latest run raised money for the Australian charity Austcare’s rehabilitation programs. Moon will fly to Vietnam in a week to continue his fund-raising work for landmine victims.
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