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Special Olympics Celebrates Philadelphia Polar Plunge With Help Of City's Mascots

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Special Olympics celebrated its fifth annual Philadelphia Polar Plunge Friday at Drexel University. The event started with Philadelphia sports mascots dumping buckets of ice into a tank and moments later ... everybody in!

It was time to take the plunge.

The ice-cold day included a photo booth, an ice sculptor and a costume contest.

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