Let's Pause to Remember The Edmund Fitzgerald.

[paracarl44]

On this day in 1975 the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior taking the lives of 29 sailors with it. Look it up on Wikipedia.

 

[RobAce]

Its also one of my favorite songs. 😀

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Rob

 

[paracarl44]

THANKS ROB.

Its also one of my favorite songs. 😀

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Rob

I enjoy listening to Gordon Lightfoot's Ballads.^

 

[goddess_nemesis]

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald

 

[KrazieDog]

As old as it all is, I had never of the incident until I found the song about five years ago. Very sad happening. I absolutely love the ballad though.

 

[paracarl44]

ALSO GO TO......

www.ssefo.com

 

[Bugman]

I remember it well. A terrible tragedy.


http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6008

 

[paracarl44]

Let us Pause to Remember.

Its also one of my favorite songs. 😀

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Rob

Giving this thread a bump.

 

[texastickler]

I did a theory paper on this once. Good thread Carl!

 

[milagros317]

I remember that tragedy. 🙁

 

[paracarl44]

I did a theory paper on this once. Good thread Carl!

^Which theory do you go with?^

 

[Dussicar]

Of course, because I am Canadian like Gordon Lightfoot, I pretty much heard this song many times on the radio since I was old enough to remember.

I hated listening to it. Not the song, mind you, but the lyrics.

From youth up until this day, I cannot fathom a more horrible way to die. Drowning in the middle an ice cold body of water during a winter storm.

 

[ndj101982]

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[paracarl44]

Go to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0DqPSF2fyo


I just saw Gordon Lightfoot in concert on Saturday night.

 

[paracarl44]

Today we remember the SS Edmund Fitagerald

 

[Alliekat]

Interesting story. Thanks for sharing

 

[paracarl44]

Remembering the Edmund Fritgerald.

Today in 1975 was a tragic day on Lake Superior.

I always enjoy listening to the ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.

 

[BritishSteel]

I've read about the sinking of the Fitzgerald a lot. By all accounts, Captain McSorley was a very skilled commander, which makes the sinking even more mysterious! As to the song, I love it. It's got a haunting quality to it that's just fantastic.

"And later that night, when the ship's bell rang, could it be the north wind they'd been feeling?"

 

[Laughthirsty Lr]

Giving this thread a bump.

Ah, yes. I've heard this song before but, this is the first time I've ever really sat and listened to it. Now I know. I have a brother who is heavily in to war history. Especially WWII and the Vietnam war. He collects WWII movies, novels and builds models. When he gets home this evening from work I'm going to ask him to tell me about this.

 

[paracarl44]

The ballad with lyrics.

Ah, yes. I've heard this song before but, this is the first time I've ever really sat and listened to it. Now I know. I have a brother who is heavily in to war history. Especially WWII and the Vietnam war. He collects WWII movies, novels and builds models. When he gets home this evening from work I'm going to ask him to tell me about this.

To hear the song with written lyrics go to:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A

 

[Laughthirsty Lr]

To hear the song with written lyrics go to:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A

Cool! Thanks for the link. Hey check this out. So I asked my bro about the Fritgerald and the really interesting thing that he told me was that when a diving team was sent out to retrieve the ship's bell and it was brought on board the retrieval ship that had been sent out, that ships bell suddenly broke from it's mounts and fell. Pretty weird.

 

[paracarl44]

Cool! Thanks for the link. Hey check this out. So I asked my bro about the Fritgerald and the really interesting thing that he told me was that when a diving team was sent out to retrieve the ship's bell and it was brought on board the retrieval ship that had been sent out, that ships bell suddenly broke from it's mounts and fell. Pretty weird.

^I understand now they use that bell to toll 29 times on the anniversary of this tragic event.^

 

[BlasterMaster]

My father often said that the if the oceans wanted to they could scour the entire surface of Planet Earth of all life.

Water is literally that powerful (they use pressurized water to cut solid steel).

 

[Laughthirsty Lr]

Yep. The Ocean is amazing but, she can mess you up if you disrespect her. Nature is nothing to fool around with. This thread kind of reminds me of "Quint" in Jaws, talking about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the terror of the shark attacks that followed. Scary stuff.