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When former Boston College baseball player Pete Frates, who has ALS, began posting about the challenge on Twitter, the craze took off (his former teammates were a big part of the craze factor as they rallied for Pete, who can no longer speak, walk, or move his arms) along with ALS donations that are a record three times higher than the same period last year. I watched Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon accept the challenge - good friend Justin Timberlake, Mayor Chris Christie and New York Jets owner Woody Johnson all challenged Fallon - on the Tonight Show the same day my Jimmy was called out by his son Steve.
Fallon passed the challenge on to the NY Jets after an on air ice bucket deluge that included Fallon’s side kick Steve Higgins, Fallon’s entire band, The Roots, Tonight Show guest Rob Riggle and Horatio Sanz, who just happened to be around to immediately accept Rob Riggle’s challenge as Rob passed the bucket. You can see all thirteen heroes getting wet and wild in this memorable moment courtesy of the YouTube video below.