I was 14 when I heard this on the morning radio as I was getting ready for school. The odd thing is that they only mentioned once. I guess it wasn't as much of a big deal when you don't live in close proximity to the Great Lakes and people aren't connected to the culture that all of the people living around the Great Lakes share. Gordon Lightfoot's song came out about a year later and that really piqued my interest! Lightfoot's song immortalized the Fitz and her crew, and it gave people a better idea of just what happened that awful day.

4:08 That person on the throttles had the most to fear/lose, if Aronow had appeared in court the following day.

His thought is like Publix telling a drunk he cant come into the store and by beer!!!

Can't believe I've not seen this until 2024 , what a great video!

I was okay until the family members came up to ring the bell as they read the names.😭

I agree with Captain Cooper. I’m pretty sure the Fitzgerald was swallowed by a rogue wave.

The Crew all drowned in Canadian waters but their memorials on Find a Grave say they died in Whitefish Point, Chippewa County, Michigan, USA. Makes no sense to me

This is in fact the best Fitzgerald documentary. The only fault is that it excessively favors the grounding theory, because that is what Bernie Cooper promoted. Cooper, as a captain, was loath to blame a ship's crew for not securing all the clamps. Also, neither he nor McSorley should have taken their ships out in that weather. They could have pulled up as late as Otter Island.

1995 was one of the last good years...Late 90's on, the internet really took over. Cameras in walmarts, grocery stores, mcdonalds, ect. watching us, cell phones, starbucks, mtv not playing videos anymore. The world starting going downhill.

😢😮❤😅😂🎉 2:27

RIP to whoever runs the Discovery Channel if they ever happen to read these comments 😂😂😂

I had a family member who went down on the Fitzgerald

The coast guard trying to blame the crew when no crew member that remotely cared for their survival would sail into a storm with poorly sealed cargo holds is one of the most shameful accusations I've ever seen. The fact that McSorleys charts were wrong only makes me agree with Captain Coopers theory even more

May 28, 2024 7:15 P.M. (EST) and the Arthur M. Anderson has just left the locks at Sault Ste. Marie unbound onto Lake Superior headed for Duluth. She’s still out there all these years later.

Mr. Fitzgerald it suggests paul is improperly laundering money through our provident care sites, known as metlife skeleton locations.

That's my great grandfather!

Engineer George’s bell rings .

I know of there being at least 6 theories But don't think it was exactly 1 thing. More like a combination of several things. Either way, it was so fast that no one had time to react. I just hope no one suffered.

Man. I first watched this documentry when i was in 3rd grade....i have been rewatching this documentry several times in fact im commenting right after i rewattched it again..man the more older i watched it the more sadness i feel for the families of the 29 men. But im sure the 29 men are still with their families this time looking from above. Making sure nothing bad happens to the ones who loved them eversince.. May the families and the 29 men be at Peace.

This documentary is the best I’ve seen to date. I used to travel the entire U.P. Of Michigan from ‘the Soo’ to Superior, WI on business in the late 70’s just after the wreck. The closest I had ever been to Whitefish Bay was 35 miles away in Newberry, MI. I’d often spend a night or two working from Marquette, MI which is farther west. I marveled at the immensity of Lake Superior, which resembled the oceans because it was water to the horizon. I’ve seen snow and huge waves, but cannot begin to imagine being on a ship in such conditions. The song by Gordon Lightfoot was played everywhere and at that time, I had no concept of how close I was to her final resting place. I think back with reverence upon this tragedy. I hope that one day I will meet these brave sailors in heaven. I was in my twenties then (the same age as several of the crew) and approaching age 70 now. It’s doubtful that I’ll ever have the chance to visit the memorial in Whitefish Bay, but who knows? I will say a prayer for these men. God bless all twenty-nine of them and their families.

It's hard to believe the SS Arthur Anderson is still around (and still working).

the real killer/shooter of aronow is fernando gandon (driver of the dark lincoln town car) assisted by chicago mobsters wayne bock and frank schweiss

I love this song, it gives me goosebumps every time I hear it . 😢

Hearing that bell toll as their names are read gives me goosebumps and brings tears to my eyes every time. RIP

26,000 tons of iron ore on board. Ships are huge.

Crazy Jimmy Hoffa went missing the same year

Respect to those two ships that went to help and the coast guard of course...

Just too much storm and not enough safety on this ship, no evacuation chance, terrible, a captain can have a lifetime of successful missions, but if the last one ends this way, one questions competency My friends uncle was the captain of an oil ship, in the Atlantic one week a storm came through, the crew wanted him to continue, he would not, stayed still for 4 days, they all lived to tell about it. He knew this one was bad, felt it in his blood he said.

I just came up with a Fictional Show Series. It’s called Freighters of The Lakes. It’s a story about talking ships with their Crews operating on the lakes. Two Episodes that would stand out in both Sorrow and Horror are the episodes 1913 & The Eddy Fitz. These Episodes talk about the 1913 White Hurricane, and the Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald respectively. Also, the SS William Clay Ford should have been fully preserved and Not Scrapped.

It could've survived the wrath of Lake superior, it was abused for years.

I don't believe for a second that the cause of her loss was negligence with her hatch covers. 44 yrs of her Captains experience would never have allowed that. I think it was catastrophic weather and or bottoming out.

A haunting and captivating documentary. Absolutely spellbinding combination of narration and score. This was THE shipwreck documentary to watch back in the late nineties.

I can't wait until some of the granduer comes back. Grand Central is certainly a great space. But Madison Sq. Garden is an eyesore and feels chaotic and in the way.

12:19 Is that the actual whistle of the Edmund Fitzgerald? It sounds amazing!

The scene of Tom Bentsons Mom talkin is missing in this one...

Pacing of this documentary is too start and stop. It’s not bad, but it’s not especially great. Glad I watched it though

Always been extremely fascinated with Superior and the Fitzgerald tragedy. Cant look over the wayer without thinking about it

Living in Hamburg, Germany, the second largest port in Europe after Rotterdam, I have seen gigantic bulk carriers that even dwarf the largest container ships with a TEU of over 20,000 - massive ships by anybody's standard. Obviously, a vessel like the Edmund Fitzgerald was small by comparison, but the hard life the crew on board lived was the same as on any sea going merchant vessel, and it was a great tragedy that those men were lost in one of the Great Lakes' feared November storms. May they all rest in peace in Davy Jones' locker, like the best of all seamen.

I was a freshman in high school when this ship sank

The best documentary on this tragic event.

what a shame for this ship to sink. my prayers and condolence to the family i am saddened by this. wish the bodies could be brought home to the family but they are in peace and with the ship, just like the titanic. and other ships. i hear the song alot and cry when i hear it. seeing this video all the way mad me cry again all over. God bless the ones every one lost of the Edmund Fitzgerald

What is with sailors and believing ships cannot be taken by giant waters? Nothing is truly safe in large bodies of water, especially in bad weather conditions.

I worked on a Canadian oil tanker and we hit a bad storm on Lake Superior. The ship would climb the waves and teeter over the largest of the 3 sisters waves. The bow would dive into the wave and walls of water would build up down the sides of the ship. The waves would crash down on the deck and it was completely under water. This storm was as bad or worse than any storm I'd seen on the North Atlantic on the East Coast of Canada.

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Rip.

Great song but even better moment in history to remember.

Excellent documentary

Lake Michigan is the most treacherous, I love it!!

I was 6 and 1/2 years old when this happened. No one told me or explained it to me, although I'm sure it made headlines in my area of downstate Michigan. I learned or it some years later, still a kid. I always had thoughts of sympathy for the crew and their families upon learning of it. I grew up along the shores of Lake Michigan. I know well the power of these storms.

Who else is here on the 48th anniversary? I'll definitely be listening to "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald" tonight!