Snapshots: 2020 Chicago Polar Plunge Published March 1, 2020 • Updated on March 1, 2020 at 1:02 pm Thousands of brave men and women jumped Sunday morning into the freezing Lake Michigan at North Avenue Beach for Special Olympics Chicago. Some of our NBC 5 & Telemundo Chicago family members took part in the annual event. 9 photos 1/9 2/9 3/9 4/9 5/9 6/9 Featuring NBC 5's Mike Berman, Chris Hush and Andy Avalos. 7/9 8/9 Featuring Telemundo Chicago's Iris Berrios, Marybel Gonzalez and Alfonso Gutierrez, along with NBC 5's Chris Hush. 9/9 Featuring NBC 5's Mike Berman, Mike Lorber, Andy Avalos and Chris Hush alongside NBC's Al Roker. More Photo Galleries PHOTOS: The 2024 cicada emergence in Chicago area and Illinois Photos: Northern Lights stun the skies across Chicago, suburbs Photos: Pro-Palestinian demonstrations on US college campuses Photos: Pro-Israeli, pro-Palestinian demonstrations clash at University of California, Los Angeles