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Nearly-Naked Man Spotted Rollerblading Along Lakefront In Cold
A video shows a man casually rollerblading along the lake in Chicago Wednesday wearing only Americana short shorts and a hat.
DON'T TRY THIS! Nearly naked man spotted rollerblading along Chicago lakefront in -18 degree weather with windchill of -58! WATCH: https://t.co/y0Yh2KzeRk pic.twitter.com/VLydXMlZCP
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) January 31, 2019
CHICAGO — With wind chills reaching into the minus 50s Wednesday in Chicago, a video shows a nearly-naked man rollerblading along the city's Lakefront Trail. Wednesday marked the coldest Jan. 30 on record in Chicago, the National Weather Service said.
The video, posted by ABC 7 Chicago, shows the man gliding along in only tiny Americana spandex and a hat on the city's North Side, surrounded by snow. The video was posted on Instagram, but appears to have since been taken down.
Many weather alerts and warnings have been issued during the record-breaking cold temperatures across the Chicago Area.
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On Wednesday a man was ticketed for walking across the ice on Lake Michigan near the Gold Coast in Chicago.
Image: Ice forms along the shore of Lake Michigan before sunrise in Chicago, Illinois. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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