finely, what better way to beat the heat than taking a summer swim with a few thousand of your friends. here is jersch. ow you? >> good, you? >> good. comes to morning coffee, chicago does differently. welcome friday morn swim club. around 7:00 a.m. on summer friday, hundreds of strangers grab free cold brew and a quick dip in lake michigan. >> there is no agenda. there is no expectations. anyone can come. >> reporter: friends andrew and nicole started the group by accident with weekly swims in 2021. >> let's just put our phones down, connect, catctch up. >> reporteter: they inviteted ththeir frienends b brought friends. and pretty soon -- >> three, two, one! >> reporter: people were showing up by the thousands. >> we come every friday. >> reporter: any regrets now that you have done it? >> definitely not. >> rter: even when people still showed up