Thirty-eight years ago tonight, at 7:15 p.m., the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a storm on Lake Superior with all 29 hands.
The storm that brought "Fitz" down contained sustained winds of nearly 90 miles per hour, producing 25 foot waves.
There are many theories about what caused her loss. Mine is that, taking on water, she rode dangerously low, and buried her nose in the trough of a 25 footer, disappearing quickly in 500 feet of Superior, her mighty engines driving her down. She's in two pieces at the bottom.
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum provides a fitting tribute here.
The Detroit News' account is found here.
The Freep is here.
Drink your glasses empty ... rest in peace, boys.
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