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no time to call out to a loved one, or plead to God
Fitzgerald left Superior, Wisconsin, at 2:15 p.m. on the afternoon of November 9, 1975. The last communication from the ship came at approximately 7:10 p.m Nov 10, when Anderson notified Fitzgerald of an upbound ship and asked how she was doing. She sank minutes later. No distress signal was received. Fitzgerald sank so quickly, none of the crew had a chance to pray, or even scream. No bodies were ever located. It's true, that Lake Superior never gives up her dead. in 1995, an underwater expedition salvaged the bell from Fitzgerald. Canadian engineer Phil Nuytten's atmospheric diving suit, known as the "Newtsuit," was used to retrieve the bell from the ship, replace it with a replica, and put a beer can in Fitzgerald 's pilothouse. RIP to the Edmund Fitzgerald crew. |
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I believe the bell is on display in a museum on whitefish point
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Growing up on Lake Michigan and my Grandfather and GGF were fishermen and merchant marines, this one always hit close to home.
It was dinner table conversation growing up in the 70s as it just happened. Gord's song about it is haunting as well. Got to see him perform it live in Buffalo in the 90s. Scott
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I remember well when that happen. A sad day. I also have seen Gordon sing that haunting song in concert.
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discussed in the past, but still interesting: Quote:
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