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Here's what you should know about the SS Edmund Fitzgerald ... recovered. The ship sank so fast that the crew didn't have time to lower lifeboats, although reports indicated that it would have ...
Most people know about the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald thanks to Gordon Lightfoot's haunting ballad. But how did the largest ship on the Great Lakes vanish without so much as an SOS call, taking all 29 ...
One of the worst seas I’ve ever been in ... “We are holding our own.” The Edmund Fitzgerald’s crew perished and no bodies were recovered. (U.S. Dept. of Transportation.) ...
Overall, he said, the song's fame has been a boon to the museum's mission. A poster advertising Gordon Lightfoot's concerts in Duluth on Feb. 8, 1975. Nine months later, the Edmund Fitzgerald ...
The mystery of the Edmund Fitzgerald surrounds its sinking, as there has not been any sort of consensus ... Eventually the Fitzgerald's bell was recovered in 1994, and is currently on display ...
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP/CBS) — It has been 47 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank to the bottom of Lake Superior during storm-force winds. On Nov. 10, 1975, the 29-person crew perished in ...
Divers recovered the ship's bell in 1995 ... “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” Ken Haddad has been with Local 4/ClickOnDetroit since 2013. He helps lead news coverage and content across ...
SOLON, Ohio -- It’s been 47 ... and the Edmund Fitzgerald via slides during his one-hour presentation. He said it was the first time he had delivered such a talk, although he has spoken at ...
They were the men of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Before the night was over, they would perish in 530 feet of icy water in what has become the ... Anderson, which had been trailing the Fitzgerald.
"In large measure, his song is the reason we remember the Edmund Fitzgerald," said maritime historian Frederick Stonehouse. "That single ballad has made ... "I think it's been good for the families.
It’s been 48 years since the tragic sinking ... You can see the bell recovered in 1995 from the Edmund Fitzgerald at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Whitefish Point along with other ...