Quicksand Fans

"Security security security, WJ9721 the Str. Edmund Fitzgerald will be departing Burlington Northern, dock number 1, outbound for Superior harbor for the lake. WJ9721, the Fitzgerald."


And in 24 hrs the mystery of her loss would begin. And continues to this day. We know more about the Titanic than the Fitzgerald

I remember this well. I was 9 at the time, and lived close to the eastern shores of Superior. It was all the talk of the region for many months afterwards. We went down to the lake a couple days after the Fitz was lost, and the waves were still huge. We were well out of danger, but seeing those walls of water crash in, after the storm had passed, was a sobering reminder of the lake's power.

If I remember right it's the largest ship ever sunk in North America.

now i have that song in my head
which is not a bad thing