Tonight Is the 51st Anniversary of the Loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Starting tonight at 1 AM, we’ll be sharing the real radio transmissions from the night the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was lost on Lake Superior, 50 years ago. These posts will follow the timeline as it happened, from the first reports of rough seas to the ship’s final transmission. We share them in remembrance of the 29 men who were lost, and in respect for all who work the Great Lakes. Transmissions from: https://t.co/cE4Ednwct7

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These posts will follow the timeline as it happened, from the first reports of rough seas to the ship’s final transmission. 

We share them in remembrance of the 29 men who were lost, and in respect for all who work the Great Lakes. 

Transmissions from: https://ssedmundfitzgerald.org/fitz-timeline