New Yorkers take icy New Year’s dip
Hundreds of hearty swimmers plunged into 2013 with a dip into the icy sea off Brooklyn's Coney Island. Polar Bear club members and other bathers stripped down to their trunks or dressed up in costumes for the annual dip.
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