Rubber ducks by the thousands splash into Chicago River for annual Special Olympics fundraiser
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A deluge of 90,000 rubber ducks poured out of a truck and into the Chicago River. They they bobbed along a stretch of the skyscraper-lined river in the annual Chicago Ducky Derby that raises thousands of dollars for charity. The truck dumped the ducks Thursday from one side of a half-raised bridge.
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More than 85,000 ducks will be dropped into the Chicago River as part of the 21st annual Chicago Ducky Derby, raising money for Special Olympics Illinois programs that support athletes statewide. Chicago Ducky Derby The fun starts before the race with the Derby Festival at Pioneer Court (401 N.
A deluge of 90,000 rubber ducks poured out of a truck and into the Chicago River. They they bobbed along a stretch of the skyscraper-lined river in the annual Chicago Ducky Derby that raises thousands of dollars for charity. The truck dumped the ducks Thursday from one side of a half-raised bridge.
More than 90,000 rubber ducks raced/floated/bobbed haphazardly toward the finish line near the Columbus Drive Bridge Thursday morning as thousands of spectators lined the Riverwalk to cheer them on. It was all part of what has become an annual tradition to raise money for Special Olympics I…
CHICAGO (WGN) -- Tens of thousands of yellow rubber ducks filled the Chicago River on Thursday in support of Special Olympics Illinois. It’s Year 21 of the Ducky Derby, and downtown at the river, onlookers saw more than 90,000 rubber ducks dumped from the Columbus Drive Bridge.
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