Northport polar bears take plunge for charity
Photo credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara | Participants in the Northport Polar Bear Plunge jump into the waters off of Steers Beach in Northport. The plunge was a benefit for the community's food pantry. (Jan. 1, 2013)
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Long Island polar bear plunges
Fourteen-year-old Zach Mina was suffering from a sinus infection and his father wasn't feeling much better. But his mother, Ellen, knew she could not keep him -- and his father, Joe -- away from plunging into the icy waters of Northport Bay on New Year's Day.
So the West Islip family joined dozens of others for the fourth annual Boy Scout Troop 410 and Northport Fire Department polar bear...
