Hundreds of people plunged into the Chicago River’s chilly waters on Sunday as part of the first organised swim in the river for nearly 100 years, a previously unthinkable act in what was once one of the most befouled waterways in the world

Hundreds of people plunged into the Chicago River’s chilly waters on Sunday as part of the first organised swim in the river for nearly 100 years, a previously unthinkable act in what was once one of the most befouled waterways in the world