Weatherman Plunges into Pond on Outdoor Weather Set

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Sometimes those outdoor weather sets actually are useful. 

WNEP (Scranton) Morning Weatherman Joe Snedeker put his mouth where other people's money is.

Snedeker took a “polar bear plunge” in the small pond located in the landscaping of the the station’s outside weather studio.

Snedeker was making good on a deal with viewers that, if money was raised to help a local boy. Joe Jones, a teenager whose dad has been a firefighter for 35 years, had spinal surgery and now needs a $15,000 bed to help him during his recovery.

The goal was met after an anonymous viewer sent a check for $9,000

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