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Old 11-10-2020, 07:18 AM
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Forty Five Years ago today the Edmund Fitzgerald sunk in Lake Superior with 29 crew members on board.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...UiCtQ&index=10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald
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Old 11-10-2020, 12:03 PM
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Bobby,

I still remember the day in Technical School when we learned of this. It was like, how on earth could this happen in our day, apparently we were not invinsible.
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Old 11-11-2020, 03:57 AM
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RIP to the 29 aboard the big Fitz.
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Old 11-11-2020, 06:19 AM
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Nov 10 ,1975 : Radio chatter of The Arthur M. Anderson reporting the loss of The Fitzgerald and search attempt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Nk7Ou6YUg

Nov 10 ,2020 : Arthur M Anderson still in service on the Great Lakes:
Duluth Harbor Cam: Arriving Duluth Superior :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDA8nF02Xy0
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