Nancy Frates: Meet the mom who started the Ice Bucket Challenge
Nancy Frates: Möt mamman som startade Ice Bucket Challenge
Nancy Frates and her family have raised a projected $160 million for ALS research in 2014. How? They kicked off the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to honor 29-year-old Pete Frates. Full bio
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the bottom of our hearts,
från djupet av våra hjärtan,
har ALS Association
go on a family vacation.
att åka på familjesemester.
Boston College, baseball,
vid Boston College,
professionally in Europe,
group insurance, he also joined us.
och var försäkringsförsäljare,
me and he just said,
is just not my passion."
är inte min passion."
I'm living up to my potential.
att jag når upp till min potential.
är min livsuppgift."
oh by the way, Mom,
förresten mamma,
that I play for made the playoffs,
because I can't let my team down.
för jag kan inte svika laget.
lika mycket för mitt jobb
left the family vacation —
followed four days later
fyra dagar senare
Pete's at the plate,
Pete står på utslagsplatsen,
and me, and he said,
doctor's appointment with me?"
vill ni följa med mig dit?"
find out what happened to the wrist.
vad som hänt med handleden.
neurologist's office, sat down,
been looking at all the tests,
vi har tittat på proverna,
it's not a sprained wrist,
att det inte är en stukad handled,
elimination going up,
avsiktlig uteslutning han gjorde,
27-year-old kid, and said,
tell a 27-year-old this:
säga detta till en 27-åring:
80-year-old father had ALS.
vars 80-åriga far hade ALS.
han tittade på mig,
doctor, and we said, "ALS?
och sa, "ALS?"
"Herr och fru Frates,
said, "Mr. and Mrs. Frates,
and there's no cure."
och det finns inget botemedel."
in the progress against ALS.
några framsteg i kampen mot ALS.
and brought her home,
och tog med henne hem
having a family dinner,
cooking dinner that night.
att jag lagade mat den kvällen.
vår ledare, strategin
we were his new team.
vi var hans nya lag.
no wallowing, people."
att förekomma någon självömkan."
we have to change the world.
att förändra världen.
of philanthropists like Bill Gates."
till filantroper som Bill Gates."
were given our directive.
vi fick våra direktiv.
our brothers and sisters
och familj att komma till oss
creating Team Frate Train.
att skapa Team Frate Train.
apartment in Charlestown
från lägenheten i Charlestown
of Pete and be his caregiver."
och vara hans assistent."
classmates, teammates,
klasskamrater, lagkamrater,
intersecting with one another,
research summit for advocacy.
för sitt påverkansarbete
speech, there was a panel,
pharmaceutical executives
från läkemedelsföretag
I'm listening to them
went straight over my head.
rakt över huvudet på mig.
class I ever could.
and I was listening to them,
och jag lyssnade till dem,
"I, I do this, I do that,"
unfamiliarity between them.
av främlingskap mellan dem.
lot of collaboration going on here.
pågår särskilt mycket samarbete.
follow-up and the accountability?
och ansvarsskyldighet?
after you leave this room?"
när ni lämnar det här rummet?"
of eyes just staring at me.
som stirrade på mig.
the elephant in the room.
elefanten i rummet.
the whole ALS community.
för hela ALS-världen.
data comes back: no efficacy.
kom resultaten: verkningslöst.
på andra sidan Atlanten,
have therapies overseas,
pulled out from under us.
be taken away from me,
runs at baseball fields.
eventually is going to give out
kommer att ge upp så småningom
to put him on a ventilator or not.
ska sättas i respirator eller inte.
parts, but the brain stays intact.
inspirational speech comes,
an article in the Bleacher Report.
att skriva en artikel i Bleacher Report.
wrote it using his eye gaze technology.
med hjälp av ögonstyrning.
the ice started to fall.
roommate in New York City,
ALS patient known in New York,
känd ALS-patient i New York,
Ice Bucket Challenge,"
And he sent it up to Boston.
Och så skickade han det till Boston.
of days, our news feed
fylldes våra nyhetsflöden
the nice thing about Facebook
det fiffiga med Facebook
man kan gå tillbaka.
human Bloody Mary.
mänskliga Bloody Mary.
Dave, the webmaster,
webmastern, av sig,
and it says, "Nancy,
every time Pete's website
varje gång någon besöker
phone was blowing up.
höll på att explodera.
skulle leda till finansiering,
would lead to funding,
only take a couple of days.
skulle ta ett par dagar.
501(c)(3)s on Pete's website,
välgörenhetsorganisationerna på hemsidan,
that our neighbor next door
need food in there."
Entertainment Tonight,
Entertainment Tonight,
det var intressant.
glacier video, incredible.
redemptorist-nunnorna i Dublin?
was a real A-list celebrity.
en riktig A-listekändis.
ones are, and their families'?
och deras familjers?
underfunded "rare" disease,
och underfinansierade
saying it over and over: "ALS, ALS."
om och om igen: "ALS, ALS."
of stats, shall we?
it'll be 160 million dollars.
kommer det att vara 160 miljoner dollar.
av en medicin som de har utvecklat.
that they've been developing.
Ice Bucket Challenges for ALS.
Ice Bucket Challenges för ALS.
what it was like in my house.
hur det var hemma hos mig.
was like around here."
hur det var här."
front of philanthropists like Bill Gates,
till filantroper som Bill Gates,
ice water over your head,
med isvatten över huvudet,
I'd like you to remember.
vill att ni ska minnas.
over my head every day?
att vakna varje morgon
positive and proactive.
från negativiteten.
middle of the challenge
the mental toughness
att ha den mentala hårdhet
teammates in the dugout,
med sina lagkamrater i båset,
och hänger upp den.
up there hanging it up.
"Japp."
right into his stomach.
what the reality of this is,
hur den här verkligheten ser ut,
kommer att ge upp.
want to leave you with:
gräva så djupt du kan,
and leading his whole life.
och ledande i hela sitt liv.
has come back to him.
har kommit tillbaka till honom.
right now and knows why he's here.
och han vet varför han är här.
and last but not least
the night of diagnosis is now his wife,
då han fick sin diagnos, är nu hans fru,
granddaughter, Lucy Fitzgerald Frates.
min sondotter, Lucy Fitzgerald Frates.
kom två veckor för tidigt
Pete's words of inspiration
coworkers and teammates.
medarbetare och lagkamrater.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nancy Frates - Mother + ALS AdvocateNancy Frates and her family have raised a projected $160 million for ALS research in 2014. How? They kicked off the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to honor 29-year-old Pete Frates.
Why you should listen
When Nancy Frates’ son was diagnosed with ALS in 2012, she was confused. Pete was a 27-year-old athlete and the only people she’d ever known with this disease were elderly already. Ever since that life-changing moment, she and her family have found their sense of purpose in working tirelessly to raise awareness about ALS and to stimulate funding for research. Because it’s been 75 years since Lou Gehrig delivered his famed farewell speech, and no treatment or cure has been found. This, says Nancy Frates, is unacceptable.
This July, Pete Frates inspired the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which quickly became a viral fundraising phenomenon. The challenge inspired people across the United States and world to dump a bucket of ice on their head and pass the challenge on to three friends. In all, The ALS Association projects that the challenge will have raised $160 million for research by the end of 2014.
Pete Frates is now paralyzed and mute—he speaks to the world through eye gazer technology and through his family. They all remain hopeful for progress in treating this terrible disease.
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