Wednesday, November 10, 2010

On This Day - Nov. 10, 1975

On the night of Nov. 10, 1975, the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald were fighting their way through a winter storm on their way to delivering a load of iron ore across Lake Superior. After withstanding fierce winds and high waves for much of the day, the ship suddenly disappeared from sight – leaving nothing but battered lifeboats, twisted metal and a mystery.
This CBC Radio clip  recounts the desperate search for survivors.
And here's Gordon Lightfoot singing the song that memorializes the tragedy:

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