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Caroline Mahon(11)(top) watches her friend, Rowan Rotonda(11) take the dip as they participate in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

Caroline Mahon(11)(top) watches her friend, Rowan Rotonda(11) take the dip as they participate in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)


Caroline Mahon(11) participates in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

Caroline Mahon(11) participates in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)


Participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

Participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)


Warren Police Officer Mike Currington, a school resource officer at Warren Harding, participates in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

Warren Police Officer Mike Currington, a school resource officer at Warren Harding, participates in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)


Chris Rotonda looks back at his daughter, Rowan Rotonda(11)(Center) and her friend, Caroline Mahon(11) participate in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

Chris Rotonda looks back at his daughter, Rowan Rotonda(11)(Center) and her friend, Caroline Mahon(11) participate in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)


Chris Rotonda looks back at his daughter, Rowan Rotonda(11)(Center) and her friend, Caroline Mahon(11) participate in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

Chris Rotonda looks back at his daughter, Rowan Rotonda(11)(Center) and her friend, Caroline Mahon(11) participate in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)


Warren Police Officer Mike Currington, a school resource officer at Warren Harding, participates in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

Warren Police Officer Mike Currington, a school resource officer at Warren Harding, participates in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)


Participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

Participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)


Participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

Participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)


The annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

The annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)


Cameron Palecte(green) of Vienna and Alex Rosoqicz(yellow) of Cortland with the Hawaiian Hotties return to the shore at the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

Cameron Palecte(green) of Vienna and Alex Rosoqicz(yellow) of Cortland with the Hawaiian Hotties return to the shore at the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)


Participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

Participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)


Participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

Participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)


Participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

Participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)


Participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)

Participants in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in mid 30 degree water for the Special Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at the Mosquito Lake State Park Swimming Beach in Cortland...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)