 Following the monument's relocation in the 1990s, several incidents of vandalism were reported on the site, including littering with empty alcohol bottles and hypodermic needles, amethysts being pried off the statue's base, damage to the onsite washrooms, one of the statue's hands being sawed off, and an aborted partial attempt to saw off the statue's head.Many later public events have revolved in some way around the monument.On Steve Fonyo's subsequent Journey for Lives run, he stopped at the monument to reflect before moving forward into the part of the run that Fox was never able to complete.