Daily Survival Guide

Today in Survival History
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On this day in 1975 the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank into the waters of Lake Superior. Launched in 1958, the 729-foot-long Fitzgerald was at one point the largest and fastest ship on the Great Lakes. On its final journey the freighter met with a storm blowing 60 mph winds and crashing waves that exceeded 15 feet. The ship lost radio contact and took on heavy water until it pitched down into the lake and was unable to recover. Today the ship lies broken in two sections below 530 feet of water at the bottom of Lake Superior.