Man with terminal cancer aims to spend his remaining time volunteering in every U.S. state [Video]

When Doug Ruch received a terminal cancer diagnosis, he realized one of his greatest regrets in life is that he didn’t spend enough time helping other people. 

“I spent so much time, you know, working and trying to make a lot of money, that I didn’t do a lot of volunteering. I did not help a lot of fellow people,” Ruch, 55, told As It Happens host Nil Kӧksal. 

“I can’t go back and change that. All I can do is move forward with whatever time I have left.”

That’s why the San Antonio, Texas, man is driving across the U.S. on a mission to volunteer in every state — a journey he’s dubbed “Dying to Serve.”

‘Nothing to lose’

Ruch, who spent most of his life working in sales, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2021. He learned in January that it had spread, and his doctors estimated he has 12 to 18 months to live. That’s when …