"CONEY ISLAND - FLATBUSH RESIDENT STEPHEN Niese, age 62, isn't breaking from his decade-long daily jetty-to-jetty swim routine off of Coney Island, despite the threat of Winter Storm Fern, the New York Post reports . Niese, a model, endured 36-degree waters and a brutal -2-degree windchill last week, as the storm bore down on the city, touting the health benefits of and saying he welcomed the challenge - but adding that it took more than two hours to be able to feel his toes again."
""You have to make yourself do things you don't want to do. Most people have a comfy life and when you're comfortable all the time, you don't know what it's like to feel uncomfortable. You get settled in a certain life, so it's good to push yourself a little bit," Niese told the Post, crediting his Wisconsin birthplace for his cold-weather tolerance."
Stephen Niese, a 62-year-old Flatbush resident and model, maintains a decade-long daily jetty-to-jetty swim routine off Coney Island despite Winter Storm Fern. He swam in 36-degree waters with a -2-degree windchill as the storm approached, welcomed the challenge, and cited health benefits. He reported that it took more than two hours to regain feeling in his toes after the swim. He credited his Wisconsin birthplace for helping his cold-weather tolerance. He planned to continue his usual Monday plunge, snow or not, but said he would move to a spot closer to shelter as a precaution.
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