Captain Ernest McSorley and his crew were fighting for their lives in a battle against the "Witch of November" when his final words went out over the radio. “We are holding our own." Less than 15 ...
What caused the SS Edmund Fitzgerald freighter to sink amid a violent storm on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, killing its 29 crew members, remains a point of debate and mystery a half-century later.
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975, killing all 29 crew members. The exact cause of the shipwreck remains unknown, and the wreck site is now a protected grave.