SAN ANTONIO – If someone is going to throw him or herself into a body of water in the middle of winter, it better be for a good cause. Thankfully the Polar Plunge at SeaWorld is for a great cause.
The dozens of people who took the freezing cold challenge Saturday raised a lot of money for Special Olympics Texas and athletes like Kevin Molina with intellectual disabilities.
"We have two softball teams, two basketball teams and two flag football teams," Molina said.
His specialty is basketball. He's a shooting guard. He never got to be part of his high school's teams and now, at 21, he's finally part of a team he's proud of.
"It's teaching me to develop correctly, and it's teaching me as a player and as a person, as a leader and sometimes as a follower," Molina said.
Molina and the 9,500 other San Antonio Special Olympics athletes are able to compete for free, all thanks to people like Donny Cadle and his son. This is their third year to participate in the Polar Plunge and they raised $1,000 for the organization.
"I do it for a gentleman -- Joshua. He was a good friend of mine growing up, had Down syndrome and passed away a couple of years ago. So I do it in his honor every year," Cadle said.
By honoring Joshua, Cadle helped to change the lives of Special Olympics athletes across the state of Texas.