On Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29 and 30, Maryland State Police held the Fourteenth Annual Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park. Despite near blizzard conditions on Saturday the two-day event, raised over 2.8 million dollars for Special Olympics Maryland.
Gov. Martin O’Malley braved the cold and blowing snow and took the plunge into the frigid Chesapeake Bay. Joining Maryland’s governor were three cast members from the soon to be released movie, Hot Tub Time Machine who discovered the bay was a tad bit colder than their movie set.
Originally there were supposed to be two plunges on Saturday, but medical personnel standing by decided to cancel the second Saturday plunge due to cases of hypothermia and the five inches of snow dumped on the park.
In all, thousands of people plunged into the snowy waters and helped raised money for the Special Olympics. TheBAYNET.com was there to capture all the chilly fun.
Take a look and see if you know anyone who was “Caught in the Net!”
Check out a video of the ‘Plunge’ here!
