Dr. Raghav Govindarajan

Dr. Raghav Govindarajan prior to having ice cold water dumped over him for an "ice bucket challenge."

COLUMBIA — The annual Columbia ALS walk is something "you can wrap your heart around," Bill Byington said.

In 2014, after what Byington described as "a very private, hard battle," his father died of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

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