Patrick Quinn, who helped popularize the viral Ice Bucket Challenge that has raised over $220 million for global research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, died on Sunday, according to the ALS Association. He was 37.
肌萎缩性侧索硬化(ALS)协会表示,曾帮助推广病毒冰桶挑战赛的帕特里克·奎恩(Patrick Quinn)于当地时间22日去世,年仅37岁,该挑战赛已为ALS的全球研究募集了至少2.2亿美元。
Along with Peter Frates and Anthony Senerchia, who both also died from the disease, Quinn is credited by the association with co-creating the 2014 challenge that became a viral sensation and helped support research and treatment of ALS.
与因ALS去世的彼得·弗雷特斯(Peter Frates)和安东尼·塞纳基亚(Anthony Senerchia)一样,奎恩与协会共同创造了2014年的挑战而受到协会赞誉,这一挑战轰动一时,帮助了ALS的研究和治疗。
The men's spin on the trend, in which social media users filmed themselves being doused in a bucket of ice-water and then nominating friends to do the same, encouraged participants to donate to ALS research after completing the challenge.
人们顺应潮流,在社交媒体上拍摄自己倒入一桶冰水后,点名朋友做同样的事情,鼓励参与者在完成挑战后向ALS研究捐款。
The Ice Bucket Challenge proved hugely popular, with videos of high-profile participants from Bill Gates, to Lady Gaga and former President George W. Bush clocking millions of hits. It was also successful in raising awareness and funds for the disease.
事实证明,“冰桶挑战”非常受欢迎,因为有比尔·盖茨,Lady Gaga和前总统乔治·布什(George W. Bush)等知名人士参加而大获成功。它还成功地提高了人们对该疾病的认识,促进资金筹集。
"The Ice Bucket Challenge connected with a sweet left hook to the jaw of ALS and shook the disease up," Quinn told a crowd in Boston in 2019, five years after the social media campaign.
2019年,奎恩在“冰桶挑战”运动五年后对波士顿的人们说:“冰桶挑战赛给了ALS狠狠一击,极大地促进了人们对其的研究和治疗。”