THIS FROM NY DAILY NEWS:

A promising Manhattan journalist has died of injuries from diving into the water during the annual Polar Bear swim in Coney Island on New Year’s Day.

Mohan Seneviratne, 32, who worked for Esquire magazine, suffered severe neck injuries when his head apparently struck a sandbar beneath the waves in the 48-degree waters. Seneviratne died on Friday at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, said a hospital spokesman.

“The loss of Mohan’s gentle, thoughtful and compassionate ways make the world feel colder and emptier already,” Dave Seligson, a former colleague, wrote in an online tribute.

The son of Sri Lankan immigrants, Seneviratne attended Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and worked for Penguin Books and MSNBC before Esquire.

Seneviratne joined more than 300 thrill-seekers at the annual Polar Bear plunge. He was pulled motionless from the waves after onlookers realized he was seriously hurt. His funeral is tomorrow at Carmon Funeral Home in Avon, Conn.