Edmund Fitzgerald
place holder
impressions
I was 7 or 8 years old when I first heard the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot.
My older brother happened to have incredible musical taste and he happened to be twenty years older than me. He was already in college, had a few cars, had a few girlfriends, and had a really cool stereo system in his really cool basement room that he had built himself. He was the one I looked up to, and the guy I learned the most from.
And he loved Gordon Lightfoot.
links for study
- https://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/edmund-fitzgerald/
- https://ssedmundfitzgerald.org/
- https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wxwise/fitz.html
- https://www.michiganseagrant.org/lessons/lessons/by-broad-concept/earth-science/data-sets/the-storm-that-sunk-the-edmund-fitzgerald/
- https://www.awesomemitten.com/the-wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald/
- https://www.cultofweird.com/death/edmund-fitzgerald-shipwreck-dead/
- https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/07/28/Divers-find-corpse-at-Fitzgerald-wreck/5370775368000/
books
videos
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yftOmLZMhFM
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9jDNEtg8JY
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIg90sVSwSE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cb_T3n47A
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5i_XMqdULM
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyaEDWf_dG8
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqXcgHCYxBo
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQjidncov9A
the men
Michael E. Armagost, 37, Third Mate from Iron River, Wisconsin
Fred J. Beetcher, 56, Porter from Superior, Wisconsin
Thomas D. Bentsen, 23, Oiler from St. Joseph, Michigan
Edward F. Bindon, 47, First Asst. Engineer from Fairport Harbor, Ohio
Thomas D. Borgeson, 41, Maintenance Man fromDuluth, Minnesota
Oliver J. Champeau, 41, Third Asst. Engineer from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Nolan S. Church, 55, Porter from Silver Bay, Minnesota
Ransom E. Cundy, 53, Watchman from Superior, Wisconsin
Thomas E. Edwards, 50, Second Asst. Engineer from Oregon, Ohio
Russell G. Haskell, 40, Second Asst. Engineer from Millbury, Ohio
George J. Holl, 60, Chief Engineer from Cabot, Pennsylvania
Bruce L. Hudson, 22, Deck Hand from North Olmsted, Ohio
Allen G. Kalmon, 43, Second Cook from Washburn, Wisconsin
Gordon F. MacLellan, 30, Wiper from Clearwater, Florida
Joseph W. Mazes, 59, Special Maintenance Man from Ashland, Wisconsin
John H. McCarthy, 62, First Mate from Bay Village, Ohio
Ernest M. McSorley, 63, Captain from Toledo, Ohio
Eugene W. O'Brien, 50, Wheelsman from Toledo, Ohio
Karl A. Peckol, 20, Watchman from Ashtabula, Ohio
John J. Poviach, 59, Wheelsman from Bradenton, Florida
James A. Pratt, 44, Second Mate from Lakewood, Ohio
Robert C. Rafferty, 62, Steward from Toledo, Ohio
Paul M. Riippa, 22, Deck Hand from Ashtabula, Ohio
John D. Simmons, 63, Wheelsman from Ashland, Wisconsin
William J. Spengler, 59, Watchman from Toledo, Ohio
Mark A. Thomas, 21, Deck Hand from Richmond Heights, Ohio
Ralph G. Walton, 58, Oiler from Fremont, Ohio
David E. Weiss, 22, Cadet from Agoura, California
Blaine H. Wilhelm, 52, Oiler from Moquah, Wisconsin