(Detroit, MI) – The freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago today in Lake Superior, claiming the lives of the 29 crewmen aboard. Their family members gathered at Mariners’ Church in Detroit yesterday to commemorate the shipwreck, with the bell ringing 29 times to honor the men who died.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was loaded with taconite and headed for Zug Island when it sank near Whitefish Point, and the U.S. Coast Guard has determined the sinking was caused by hatches not being closed properly that let in too much water.
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