Originally Posted by Johnaut46 (Post 4024618)

IMHO the reason that everyone remembers the EF is that she was the largest ship to ever sink on the Great Lakes. Same reason people remember the Titanic, google shipwrecks of 1912 HMS Titanic was only one of 214 ships lost that yr.

I agree with you that few people ever remember the little guys, they only remember the Biggest and Baddest. The Edmond Fitzgerald was an AWESOME boat.

I think humans have to have some type of reasoning why the things we create can fail against mother nature. We are top of the food chain how can mother nature beat us…

Having worked overseas most of my adult life, I know this.

You play with guns: You get shot
You play with knives: You get cut
You play on the water: You get wet.

Prayers out to all the people who work, play, and have lost their lives on the H20

Originally Posted by the deep (Post 4024615)

Are you trying to say we should remember none because there have been many spread out over time . Orrr do you just dislike Lightfoots song . Sorry , trying hard to understand your thought process . I posted what I did because TODAY in 1974 we lost the Fitz and all hands . Never intended to disrespect anyone else lost to the witch of November .

Originally Posted by Interceptor (Post 4024629)

The Carl Bradley was 639' long, not a little guy.

Originally Posted by glassdave (Post 4024648)

I think the overlooked point may be that without the Lightfoot song no one would have heard about any wreck on any of the great lakes, far few then do now that arent directly related. At the very least the song may occasionally inspire people to look into it further and maybe realize the many other tragedies.

god rest there souls . . . all of them

Originally Posted by I.C.U.Lookin (Post 4024645)

I'm a mariner. The general public doesn't have a clue what this industry loses every year. Not just Americans but worldwide. Ships go "missing" on a regular basis. There is an "acceptable" number of ships lost every year. Sad to think about