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Speaker 1: One by one. People are running past me, getting a

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Speaker 1: face full of snowflakes as they zoom straight into the water.

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Speaker 1: At m Beach in Southee, the.

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Speaker 2: Water was colder this year. I'm another year older, so

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Speaker 2: it's a bit of an issue, but it all worked out.

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Speaker 1: To me, this looks like medieval torture, but to the

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Speaker 1: dozens here it's a tradition. The l Street Brown He's

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Speaker 1: kicking off the new year with a polar plunge.

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Speaker 2: Twenty four degrees snowing forty degree water. What else can

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Speaker 2: they ask for.

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Speaker 1: It's not Steve's first plunge, but he says it's definitely

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Speaker 1: the coldest he's done here in Southea.

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Speaker 2: I think all I'm trying to do right now is

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Speaker 2: recovering my dignity. Go home and take a lot, shower

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Speaker 2: and have some fun.

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Speaker 1: Some people are wearing full costumes into the water, like Billy,

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Speaker 1: who's a lobster.

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Speaker 3: It's cold. It's cold, I've been there before.

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Speaker 1: Marshall was shivering as one does, but all in all

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Speaker 1: ready to come back next year.

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Speaker 3: It was refreshing and extremely cold. You almost don't feel

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Speaker 3: anything as soon as you jump into the water.

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Speaker 1: But for Bobby This was actually terrible.

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Speaker 4: Getting out of the water was the hardest in years,

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Speaker 4: and it's normally a lot easier

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Speaker 1: Than this In Southeama Friedman w b Z, Boston's news

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