Too Cold For Polar Bear Plunge

It was so cold in Maryland over the weekend that even the human polar bears were shivering. The Maryland Special Olympics had planned its 14th annual Polar Bear Plunge for Saturday. After the first dip, doctors advised the second one scheduled for a couple of hours later be canceled. Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was one of about 15,000 people who went in for a dip. He says the frigid water took his “breath away.” The air temperature was 23 degrees and the Chesapeake Bay was 36 degrees Fahrenheit.