By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hundreds of New Yorkers bravely splashed into frigid ocean waters to start the new year Monday, including one man who ended up in a hospital.
Louie Scarcella, spokesman for the Coney Island Polar Bears, said the one man who was taken to Coney Island Hospital was not an official member of the club, but merely one of the 200 or so people who joined the 80 club members to take the annual plunge into the 48-degree (9 Celsius) Atlantic Ocean waters.
The annual swim - or dip, belly flop or slow submersion, depending upon the person - raised $25,000 (€18,9824) for Camp Sunshine, a year-round retreat providing relief to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. The club had hoped to raise more than $50,000 (€37,965), although its take was well in excess of the $6,000 (€4,555) or so raised last year, Scarcella noted.
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