35 years ago today

  • sandbar
    Woodbury, MN
    Posts: 1027
    #1269512

    Not sure if this video has been posted yet. The hair on the back of my neck stands up everytime I hear this song.

    The Fitzgerald

    walleyejgr
    Posts: 281
    #908877

    may the lost souls of all who parished that night find peace. i lost a uncle that nite and another a few years earlyer to Superior. She keeps what she takes

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    #908880

    The song makes the hair stand on the back of my neck every time I hear it.
    Rest in peace men.

    Thanks for the sharing.

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5623
    #908882

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    And all that remains is the faces and the names
    Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.


    One of the best song lyrics I’ve ever heard.

    Rootski

    bzzsaw
    Hudson, Wi
    Posts: 3480
    #908897

    Awesome tribute. Thanks for posting Dean.

    timbuc2eyes
    Mntana
    Posts: 40
    #908962

    Heavy heart, every time I hear that song it gives me the chill’s

    buck-slayer
    Posts: 1499
    #908973

    How deep of water were they in? I’m not a diver but do people dive the site?

    targaman
    Inactive
    Wilton, WI
    Posts: 2759
    #908974

    I never knew what that song was about until now. Thanks for educating me.

    Wade Boardman
    Grand Rapids, MN
    Posts: 4453
    #908985

    I believe she lies in over 500′ of water. I think for the most part you need a permit to dive the site. I’ve read that people who get permits have taken advantage and exploited the wreck site.

    Edmund Fitzgerald

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP8F1xdbr-I

    I can’t imagine what they must have been thinking that night. I lived in Duluth for 4 years and saw some really nasty stuff/weather out there. I was lucky enough to go down to canal park one night and watch 20’+ waves come in through the lift bridge channel. That lake is it’s own animal.

    I have the book “Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes”. It precedes the Edmund Fitzgerald. But it’s an awesome read. The great lakes have many tragic stories.

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    #908996

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    I lived in Duluth for 4 years and saw some really nasty stuff/weather out there. I was lucky enough to go down to canal park one night and watch 20’+ waves come in through the lift bridge channel. That lake is it’s own animal.


    I really would love to see some nasty stuff on Superior. It’s on my list of things to witness.

    Wade Boardman
    Grand Rapids, MN
    Posts: 4453
    #909055

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    I really would love to see some nasty stuff on Superior. It’s on my list of things to witness.


    Ralph, I highly recommend it. We were extremely tempted to jump in the car and run up to Superior when that nasty storm in October was forecasted.

    I’m thinking that’s what you’ll have to do unless you get lucky enough to be there during a major storm.

    Richard V.
    Somewhere over the rainbow
    Posts: 2596
    #909338

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    Rich.
    I was on radio watch in Coast Guard Station Ludington Mi. on that day. That was quite a year for winter storms as I recall. I have never forgot that day. I have seen her transit the great lakes prior to her sinking.
    TJ.


    A friend sent me this in an email today.

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