To commemorate 50 years since the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, FOX6 has produced an all-new documentary that explores the important role ‘The Fitz’ and her crew played in the history of Great Lakes ...

MILWAUKEE - A monster ship meets a monstrous storm. It's a history that's been studied and recounted for years. In this episode of Open Record, we dive into the tragedy of the Edmund Fitzgerald. FOX6 ...

No one was more surprised than Gordon Lightfoot when his ballad "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" became one of the biggest hits of 1976, less than a year after the disaster it commemorates. The ...

News 8 is producing a series of stories that will be published in the days leading up to Nov. 10, the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It will culminate with a WOOD TV+ special ...

A stern shot of the Edmund Fitzgerald taken in the St. Marys River not long before she sank.

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For the past several years, a Gordon Lightfoot song from 1976 has become an unlikely seasonal meme. The song, of course, is “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” a mournful ballad of the true story of ...

Captain Ernest McSorley and his crew were fighting for their lives in a battle against the "Witch of November" when his final words went out over the radio. “We are holding our own." Less than 15 ...

To commemorate 50 years since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, FOX6 has produced this hour-long documentary that explores the important role ‘The Fitz’ and her crew played in the history of Great ...