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2011 Polar Bear Plunge
Local Long Islanders took the plunge into the frigid north shore waters this past Sunday.
The took place Sunday March 6th, 1 p.m. at Theodore Roosevelt Park Beach in Oyster Bay to help raise funds for United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, Inc.
The plunge started officially at 2 p.m. with temps hovering around 50 degrees and lasted seconds for some and minutes for the bravest bears.
What does it take to make the 2011 Polar plunge? That's what we wanted to know. Guts, a good heart, a wetsuit, ice in your veins, a worthy cause, or what? Here's what we heard and spotted.
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The skies may have been gray and the rain may have been coming down, but it didn't dampen the spirits of the hundreds of bravehearts that came out to participate. Young and old, family and friends gathered at the starting line to race into the icy waters before their nerves gave out to help support the United Cerebral Palsy charity.
