Tonight we watched the livestream of the memorial service for the Edmund Fitzgerald, a lake freighter that sank in Lake Superior 47 years ago tonight. I knew they rang the bell 29 times, once for each crew member, and then, a 30th time for all the live lost on our lakes. How I’d love to go in person, but viewing it for the first time tonight remotely was just as moving. It brings to mind the first time and last time I saw the Arthur M. Anderson.
It’s a somber evening in the Great Lakes region. RIP.