Freezing temps didn't stop Coney Island's Polar Plunge from happening
The sky was sunny and the water was freezing at Coney Island, where several hundred people, cheered on by hundreds more, ran into the ocean Monday to mark the start of 2018. While some dressed in dinosaur or penguin outfits, others wore nothing but underwear or bathing suits at the annual Coney Island New Year's Day Polar Plunge, a New York tradition since 1903, per the AP. "It started on my bucket list. It's a rush, a shock.
Coney Island's Polar Plunge Takes Place on New Year's Day Despite Freezing Temperatures
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Coney Island polar bear plunge draws over 1,000 swimmers - NY Daily News
Hundreds take frigid New Year's Day dip
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