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November 10, 1975 - The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Posted on 11/10/18 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 11/10/18 at 2:25 pm
On November 10, 1975 the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. All 29 crew members died. At the time, it was the worst shipping disaster on the Great Lakes
Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Late on the afternoon of the 10th, the captain of the Fitzgerald made radio contact with another ship, the Avafor, and reported that they "had a bad list, had lost both radars, and was taking heavy seas over the deck in one of the worst seas he had ever been in." Captain McSorely was a seasoned sailor of the Great Lakes with 44 years of experience.
Gordon Lightfoot
Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Late on the afternoon of the 10th, the captain of the Fitzgerald made radio contact with another ship, the Avafor, and reported that they "had a bad list, had lost both radars, and was taking heavy seas over the deck in one of the worst seas he had ever been in." Captain McSorely was a seasoned sailor of the Great Lakes with 44 years of experience.
Gordon Lightfoot
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Posted on 11/10/18 at 2:26 pm to kywildcatfanone
Awesome F’n song
Posted on 11/10/18 at 2:28 pm to kywildcatfanone
It’s been nice to know ya.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 2:31 pm to kywildcatfanone
I hate that they all died without getting to eat the last meal.
"fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
"fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
This post was edited on 11/10/18 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 11/10/18 at 2:31 pm to kywildcatfanone
I think every man on that ship would say the sacrifice that lead to that song was worth it.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 2:31 pm to kywildcatfanone
That song came out in the 60s
Posted on 11/10/18 at 2:35 pm to el Gaucho
song was released in 1976.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 2:37 pm to kywildcatfanone
Went see Gordon in Concert in September. He turns 80 a week from today. He put on a good show. 
Posted on 11/10/18 at 2:40 pm to Whataburger
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called 'gitche gumee'
Of the big lake they called 'gitche gumee'
Posted on 11/10/18 at 2:44 pm to kywildcatfanone
Superior never gives up her dead
Posted on 11/10/18 at 2:57 pm to kywildcatfanone
Remember, remember the 10th if November.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 3:04 pm to kywildcatfanone
Posted on 11/10/18 at 3:11 pm to AlceeFortier
Yes, 1975
Posted on 11/10/18 at 3:24 pm to el Gaucho
quote:
That song came out in the 60s
Yes, the exceedingly, incredible late, late, late 60s
lol
Posted on 11/10/18 at 3:38 pm to kywildcatfanone
Amazing to thnk of such storms on the Great Lakes.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 3:41 pm to el Gaucho
quote:
That song came out in the 60s
Gordon Lightfoot must of had ESPN, to write a song about 29 people that died on a ship call Edmund Fitzgerald, 5+ years before 29 people died on a ship called Edmund Fitzgerald.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 3:47 pm to kywildcatfanone
Gordon Lightfoot Sings Every Song Ever Written!
Somebody also did him singing our national anthem but I couldn't find it.
Somebody also did him singing our national anthem but I couldn't find it.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 3:51 pm to kywildcatfanone
See my sig quote...
Posted on 11/10/18 at 4:05 pm to Clyde Tipton
quote:
See my sig quote...
Came here for that. That line is the best in the song.
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