Around 80 residents plunged into the ice-cold water of the Delaware River in Port Jervis on Jan. 11 in support of the local fire department’s water operations team.
This year’s Polar Plunge attracted the most attendants to date and raised around $3,300, according to John Faggione, the city’s recreational director, who has co-hosted the annual event with Tim Simmons at the fire department for six years.
It was the first time that Casey Maynard, a resident from Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, participated in the annual event by the West End beach, along with a school-aged boy named Teddy.
“I have never been in the water this cold, and you get to meet awesome people. It is kind of all about the experience,” Teddy told The Epoch Times after the plunge. “It is also a charity thing.”…