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No, not me this time. Jeremy was the one running into the ocean today.
Project Sweet Peas is a national organization to help families with children in hospital
intensive care units. The original organization (as well as the local chapter)
was formed by friends of Jeremy's.
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It was cold today. Oh, yes, I have gone in the water at Narragansett Town Beach on New Year's
Day as part of the Pier Plunge when it has been colder than this, but there was a fierce
wind today. The air temperature was just below freezing, around 30 or 31 degrees, but the
wind was 10 to 15 miles per hour, with gusts of up to 35 miles an hour. Yes, indeed, it was cold!
Jeremy had two friends join him in the plunge. That's Kevin (behind Nancy),
Jeremy, and Ozzie.
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That's Jeremy and Ozzie -- then a woman who I believe is a photographer
for one of the local newspapers (yes, she was standing in the water, but
she is wearing waders or some kind of waterproof boot) -- then Kevin (leaping
in to the air) -- and then a couple of the other brave souls. There were
probably twenty or twenty-five people (all of whom had raised money for
the "privilege") who dashed into the water, which is not bad
for a first time event like this. (The Pier Plunge gets two to three hundred,
but that event has been held for years and it is on New Year's Day, a traditional
day for jumping into cold water.)
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And here (above) is Jeremy dashing back to the beach... and he and Kevin
on their way to where they had left their clothing. (Jeremy remembered
my advice from the Pier Plunge, grabbed his clothes and headed straight
to his car where he could be out of the wind and could start the car and
turn on the heat.)
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