Does anyone know where the love of God goes
when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
On November 10th 1975 the 729 foot long ore carrier Edmond Fitzgerald went down in a hurricane like storm that had 80 mph winds and 25 foot waves with rouge waves as high as 35 feet. Battered by the storm the Fitzgerald was trying to reach the safety of Whitefish Bay.
The last message from the Fitzgerald was from the captain who radioed, “We are holding our own.” Minutes later the Fitzgerald vanished from radar. No distress call was given. She was only 17 miles from Whitefish Bay. Now she lies 530 feet down at the bottom of Lake Superior along with her crew of 29.
Enjoy this wonderfully touching story song, The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald, by Gordon Lightfoot (1976)
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumme
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early.
Reblog in memory of the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the Mighty Fitz
