By Andrew Shaw
Norwalk Advocate
Original Norwalk Advocate article: Participants brave cold for annual Polar Bear dip
Norwalk Advocate
Original Norwalk Advocate article: Participants brave cold for annual Polar Bear dip
More than three dozen men, women and children jumped into the frigid, murky water at Greenwich Point yesterday, shouting, 'Happy New Year!' in an attempt either to announce the holiday or distract their bodies from the cold.
What, you spent your New Year's Day watching football and making resolutions?
To begin the new year right, nothing beats diving into the 40-degree water of Long Island Sound, said the 'polar bear' swimmers who have made it an annual tradition to swim briefly on New Year's Day.
'It's refreshing. It's inspiring. You're piercing the new year with a splash. Your blood swirls a little when you do it,' said Cos Cob's Billy Ferraro, 52, a spin instructor and polar bear veteran. 'There's no better way to start the year.'
Long after the whistle blew at noon, sending swimmers scrambling toward the water and then scrambling back to a warm towel after feeling the shock of the cold water, Ferraro stood alone in the crashing waves, splashing around like a child on his first day at the beach......
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