Shocker! #IceBucketChallenge Pioneer Corey Griffin Dies at 27 After Diving Accident

 

This is pathetic! The man who turned the ice bucket challenge into an internet viral sensation has drowned in a swimming accident. The 27-year-old's life was cut tragically short on Saturday (16 August) when he dove off a wharf that serves as a popular diving perch for locals, resurfacing once before disappearing back under the water and drowning. Corey had attended a fundraiser in Nantucket, Massachusetts, when the accident happened early on Saturday morning. Griffin had helped raise $100,000 at a charity function on Nantucket Island on Friday night, and reports say that at 2am he dived off a wharf into water and got into trouble.

 

 

Griffin climbed the Juice Guys building in Nantucket before jumping off the wharf (Picture: Facebook) 

According to a police report, Griffin ‘floated to the surface… then went under water again not resurfacing’. He was pulled from the water and CPR was administered on the scene before he was taken to a local hospital. He was pronounced dead at 3am.

Corey was a close friend of Pete Frates, 29, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2012. Frates’s family and friends launched the ice bucket challenge to raise money for ALS research.

  Corey helped promote the challenge, which has gone viral with international stars participating, and has raised millions. 

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