More than 93,000 adopted ducks swam up the river to benefit the Illinois Special Olympics.
– There was a sea of yellow in the Chicago River on Thursday as tens of thousands of rubber ducks took a dip for a good cause.Chicago does derby day differently. It's less about hats and horses and all about dropping ducks into the Chicago River.
"It is probably the most exciting moment that I've had in the month of August so far," said Sarah Howgate."I would call it Indy 500-esque, incredibly fast, hard to keep up with," she said.Howgate has a duck in this race. "Duck number, like, 1,812," she said."I hear he's been really swimming along, doing a lot of good exercises, and we really support him, and we believe in him.""Definitely a great cause," Howgate said."It's nice to see all these people turn out for this in support."
The Chicago Duck Derby encouraged fans to adopt a duck for $5, with all proceeds benefiting Special Olympics Illinois."Oh! There we go," said Howgate."We have a winner!""I really just appreciate the enthusiasm and support of these ducks which also support a very good cause," she added. A handful of winners got big prizes, including a car, but those were random drawings and had nothing to do with the actual speed of the ducks.
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