Listen "The 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Episode Synopsis
The gales of November are upon us. On this day fifty years ago, the cargo vessel SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior amidst an intense storm. All 29 crew members on board were lost. The sinking of the Fitzgerald remains one of the most mysterious and controversial shipwrecks of the Great Lakes. Decades later, the Gordon Lightfoot ballad continues to garner public interest in the shipwreck not just in the Midwest, but worldwide. To learn some theories of why the Fitzgerald sank and how some of the crew members are being remembered today, Lake Effect’s Audrey Nowakowski is joined by Kay Dragan - curator and exhibits manager at the Door County Maritime Museum.
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