Chicagoans participated in the Polar Plunge over the weekend!
Thousands braved the icy waters of Lake Michigan, all for a good cause. Sunday was Rory Hamil's 15th polar plunge.
"The minute you come here you see the kids, the young athletes and the young adults. If that doesn't get you, I don't know what does," Hamil said.
The 23rd Annual Polar Plunge at North Avenue Beach benefits Special Olympics Chicago and special children's charities. It was Angie Bernal's first-ever polar plunge.
"It feels really good, especially coming from my brother and I both being former athletes, just knowing about Special Olympics, because we also had in my high school," Bernal said. "It's really nice to see like, wow, what the big impact that does."
The event raised $2 million and had nearly 5,000 participants. That money is used to provide athletic programs and other opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities across Chicago.
See some of the pics!