Thursday, August 30, 2012

The Edmund Fitzgerald Legend Lives On

From the Nov. 10, 2010, Detroit Free Press "Sunken ship's legend lives on" by Eric D. Lawrence.

On the anniversary of the ship's sinking, November 10, 1975.

Frederick Shannon, 64, retired from diving about five years ago because of declining health.  He is best known for his exploration on the SS Edmund Fitzgerald when he spent $75,000 to lease a 2-man submarine and made sevendives at the ship's site in July 1994.

On his first dive, he set a record for manned submersible vessels at 211 minutes. 

Family members of the dead crew were angry about his exploration and sued.  Shannon found two large sections of the ship about 17 miles from Whitefish Point.

There are still many theories as to what caused the ship to sink.

This Was the Last Major Great Lakes Shipwreck.  --Cooter

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