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Move over ice buckets, there’s a new challenge rippling through social media: push ups. Twenty-two, in fact.
You knock them out, then challenge someone else to do it. Everyone from stars like John Krasinski and The Rock to a class of Texas state trooper recruits is getting involved.
The 22 Push-Up Challenge is designed to focus attention on a tragedy, reports CBS News’ Jim Axelrod. For years, it was estimated that 22 veterans committed suicide each day — 7,400 a year.
“When the statistics came out that 22 veterans a day were committing suicide it was almost unbelievable. We wanted to find out more where this number came from,” said Retired Marine Don Nguyen, deputy director of 22Kill, the foundation behind the challenge.
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