People from across Ohio stripped down to their swimsuits to take a frigid plunge in Lake Erie Friday.
The 'Polar Bear Plunge' is an event that happens annually in the state.
newsnet5.com Reporter John Kosich was a 'polar bear' for years. Read his confessions here.
The video in the player above was submitted to newsnet5.com by viewer Michael Farkas.
Farkas said the video shows the first polar bear in the polar plunge in Vermilion at Mitiwanga beach. The swimmer was Tristan Groene of Vermilion, a sophmore at Vermilion High School.
