ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: Helping or Hurting?

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has been a world-wide phenomenon for the past few months. People have been dumping ice cold buckets of water over their heads' to help show the pain and suffering people with ALS endure for thei whole life, not just for the 5 cold seconds. One group of fire fighters helping out the cause, however, have done some unintentional damage to themselves. Capt. Tony Grider died from a power line shock after trying to help out during the the challenge. The firefighter died from the shock, his partner released from the hospital just the past Tuesday. It seems that a life was lost while trying to help another. 

This article really spoke to me in the sense that it was no one's direct fault in this accident. It just happened while doing a good man was doing a good deed. It really feels ironic that a firefighter, taking time from his life to help ALS patients around the world with this challenge, lost his life. It goes to show that the unthinkable can happen. I hope that both the families of the men are holding up, and remember that the life of the one that no longer lives, was trying to help an ALS patient live longer. May he rest in peace. 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/21/us/firefighters-ice-bucket-challenge/index.html?c=homepage-t&page=1