OTD 50 Whole Years Ago, a large laker called the Edmund Fitzgerald, likely sprung multiple leaks in a storm that ended up sinking the ship, and so went her and her 29 crew. After the Fitzgerald disappeared off the radar of Arthur M. Anderson, the closest ship to her, and when Anderson saw Whitefish Bay, the place where the Fitz was heading, but didn't see her, Anderson put out a missing ship report. Unfortunately, the only option was to go back out and look for her. It took a day or two before Anderson found some debris and two horribly damaged lifeboats. The 29 on board were fathers, husbands, sons, and had families. 29 lives cut short by the Gales of November. 29 Birthdays that their family's wouldn't celebrate.
"All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters." -Gordon Lightfoot
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OTD 50 Whole Years Ago, a large laker called the Edmund Fitzgerald, likely sprung multiple leaks in a storm that ended up sinking the ship, and so went her and her 29 crew. After the Fitzgerald disappeared off the radar of Arthur M. Anderson, the closest ship to her, and when Anderson saw Whitefish Bay, the place where the Fitz was heading, but didn't see her, Anderson put out a missing ship report. Unfortunately, the only option was to go back out and look for her. It took a day or two before Anderson found some debris and two horribly damaged lifeboats.
The 29 on board were fathers, husbands, sons, and had families. 29 lives cut short by the Gales of November. 29 Birthdays that their family's wouldn't celebrate.
"All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters."
-Gordon Lightfoot
November 10th, 1975. 50 Years.
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