The Edmund Fitzgerald, a 729-foot freighter, sank on Lake Superior in 1975, killing all 29 crew members. The ship's tragic fate has become a legendary story, immortalized in a song by Gordon Lightfoot. Rick Mixter, a shipwreck researcher, recounts the events leading up to the disaster and the subsequent investigation, shedding light on the mysteries surrounding the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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