Ice Bucket Challenge creator Pete Frates back in hospital battling ALS

Ice Bucket Challenge creator Pete Frates is reportedly in poor condition battling ALS at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Award-winning journalist Mike Barnicle originally tweeted out that the 32-year-old had passed on Monday morning, but then retracted his tweet.

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