50 Years Later: The Enduring Legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald
TL;DR
Retired AP reporter Harry Atkins recounts his coverage of the 1975 wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a tragic shipwreck on Lake Superior that became legendary, partly due to Gordon Lightfoot’s ballad, and reflects on the disaster's lasting impact and his personal experience reporting it.
Topics:nationhistory#edmund-fitzgerald#gordon-lightfoot#great-lakes-shipwreck#harry-atkins#history#maritime-disaster
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