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1975 SHIPWRECK ON LAKE SUPERIOR IS BEING REMEMBERED TODAY
A 1975 SHIPWRECK ON LAKE SUPERIOR IS BEING REMEMBERED TODAY.
TWENTY-NINE MEN DIED WHEN THE EDMUND FITZGERALD WENT DOWN DURING AN INTENSE STORM.
GORDON LIGHTFOOT'S SONG ``THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD''
TOPPED THE CHART AND MADE THE NOVEMBER TENTH SINKING FAMOUS.
THE ORE-CARRIER LEFT SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN, NOVEMBER NINTH, HEADED FOR DETROIT. IT SANK A DAY LATER ABOUT 15 MILES SHORT OF SHELTER IN WHITEFISH BAY.
TODAY'S EVENTS INCLUDE A CEREMONY AT THE GREAT LAKES SHIPWRECK
MUSEUM AT WHITEFISH POINT, MICHIGAN, AND A SERVICE AT THE MARINERS' CHURCH OF DETROIT.
IN MINNESOTA, A LIGHTING OF THE BEACON WILL BE HELD AT SPLIT
ROCK LIGHTHOUSE ON THE NORTH SHORE AND THE NAMES OF THE SHIP'S CREW WILL BE READ.
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