Without Warning

The Ship That Sank Too Fast to Call for Help | SS Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster

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On November 10, 1975, the largest ship on the Great Lakes sent a calm reply over the radio: "We are holding our own." Minutes later, the Edmund Fitzgerald was gone from radar, with all 29 men aboard and not a single distress call. Two federal investigations examined the wreck on the bottom of Lake Superior, and they never agreed on what happened.

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