Polio survivor completes cross-Canada Journey
Posted
on Oct 22, 2008
Flanked by police cars and followed by children on bikes, Ramesh Ferris arrived in St.John's on October 1, 2008 and completied a journey hand-cycling across Canada to raise awareness about polio.
Ferris contracted polio as an infant in India before he was adopted by an Anglican Bishop in the Yukon. He started hand-cycling across Canada to raise awareness and money to fight the disease on April 12, and 7,110 kilometres later he arrived in St'John's. Over the course of his journey, he raised $300,000; the ceremony was attended by Lt.-Gov. John Crosbie, Mayor Dennis O'Keefe, and Human Resources, Labour and Employment Minister Shawn Skinner.