MY FORMER STUDENT, USMC MAJOR CHRIS DAVIS, sends a link to this GoFundMe for the family of USMC Major Tyler Tidwell, who is fighting ALS. Maj. Davis writes:

Never in a million years did I think when I completed the ALS “Ice Bucket Challenge” 5yrs ago, that the disease might effect me much beyond my distant affections of Lou Gehrig, himself. . . I was very, very wrong:

Tyler was a giant, in every single way, to me and my Naval Academy classmates; physically intimidating and full of raw emotion and enthusiasm – we looked up to him. It absolutely breaks my heart to imagine what this unforgiving disease is doing to his body, and by extension, his beautiful Family. If you have the means, please donate. ?? More importantly, keep Tyler in the forefront of your thoughts as he fights, as one would expect of a Marine.

I donated. (Bumped).