冰桶挑戰發起人奎恩去世大綱

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.

肌萎縮性側索硬化（ALS）協會表示，曾幫助推廣病毒冰桶挑戰賽的帕特里克·奎恩（Patrick Quinn）於當地時間22日去世，年僅37歲，該挑戰賽已爲ALS的全球研究募集了至少2.2億美元。

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.

與因ALS去世的彼得·弗雷特斯（Peter Frates）和安東尼·塞納基亞（Anthony Senerchia）一樣，奎恩與協會共同創造了2014年的挑戰而受到協會讚譽，這一挑戰轟動一時，幫助了ALS的研究和治療。

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.

人們順應潮流，在社交媒體上拍攝自己倒入一桶冰水後，點名朋友做同樣的事情，鼓勵參與者在完成挑戰後向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.

事實證明，“冰桶挑戰”非常受歡迎，因爲有比爾·蓋茨，Lady Gaga和前總統喬治·布什（George W. Bush）等知名人士參加而大獲成功。它還成功地提高了人們對該疾病的認識，促進資金籌集。

"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“冰桶挑戰”運動五年後對波士頓的人們說：“冰桶挑戰賽給了ALS狠狠一擊，極大地促進了人們對其的研究和治療。”