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Thirty five years ago today the Edmund Fitzgerald set sail from Superior, WI on Lake Superior. Less than 30 hours later she was under water. For all you young 'uns, this was pretty big news back in the day. It was the largest ship on the Great Lakes when built, and one of the largest when she went down. To this day, nobody knows the exact cause of the sinking, though there's lot's of interesting theories. She was sailing in brutal weather, but a ship of her size should have prevailed.

For those interested a pretty cool site on it.

http://www.ssefo.com/

Also, eerie radio chatter between the Coast Guard and the Arthur M. Anderson, a freighter in the area that attempted to help guide her to safety.



And of course Gordon Lightfoot and this song are awesome.