Family asks for prayers after Pete Frates hospitalized in Boston

BOSTON — Millions of people around the world dumped buckets of ice water over their heads for ALS awareness, and now their support is needed more than ever.

The family of Pete Frates announced on social media that the former Boston College baseball player is back in the hospital fighting the disease.

Frates’ mother first tweeted Friday saying, “I hate ALS. Back at MGH for Pete.”

Since then many people have shared their support for Frates and his family, including Gov. Charlie Baker.

On Facebook, Nancy Frates wrote on the Team Frate Train page, “Please keep our family and especially Pete in your prayers. Pete is back at MGH and battling this beast like a superhero. We feel your love and support and are so grateful. Prayers and love – the most powerful of medicines! Thank you.”

That message was shared on Twitter and Baker tweeted out shortly after that, “FYI – Please keep Pete Frates, Nancy Frates and the rest of their friends and family in your prayers. They do great work #STRIKEOUTALS.”

Of course, Baker was referring to the Ice Bucket Challenge that the Frates family started in 2014 that took the internet by storm to help raise awareness for ALS. The successful campaign went worldwide and raised more than $200 million.

Donations from the challenge helped fund research that discovered a gene linked to the disease.

Frates was first diagnosed with ALS in 2012.

Cox Media Group