This is an impressive video. Every November thoughts go too 29 Strangers.RIP.

I don't Buy it.. If You're in a Situation where You're forced to Stash Your Life Savings very quickly because Someone is Coming to take it from You, You're not gonna be worried about ease of Recovery, You're just gonna stash it. And when Someone is Searching for that kind of Money, They're typically not very happy when They can't find it. Which would be a good explanation for why Nobody Reclaimed it ..

Twenty five feet is a really large wave. The E. F. was not an ocean going vessel.

I wish i could watch these but apparently the editor can hear a fly fart from a mile away but for some reason can't hear music because thats all you hear from these i can tell every time someone speaks the audio is dropped to near Zero ,on purpose, five seconds into the person speaking i hope your site is like this too thats why I'll never use it because your editor or audio engineer is utter shit

Corporations could care less about people, all they care about is money

On Monday November 10th 1975 I turned 21 years old. I was following the news in my home state of Arizona of Travis Walton. IYKYK. I may have heard news of the Edmund Fitzgerald, but the first time hearing about it, that I I remember clearly, was Gordon Lightfoot’s iconic song.

Capitalism forcing the bottom line over the lives of the workers? Company looking to cover up it’s dealings to hide from consequences? I’m shocked I tell you.

I was 10 years old when this happened. I remember my dad coming into the living room, turning on the stereo and listening to the news report. I lived in Silver Bay many years later, and attended the lighthouse lighting many times....

The Fitzgerald was overloaded too heavy, setting low in the water and twisted then broke in half when the waves washed over... it happened fast

I remember the Newscaster mentioning the sinking the Night after... Does anybody remember the KidsBeat episode about the Fitz that aired in 76? that was the program that helped me understand what I'd heard the previous year. Respect.

Now the bell chimes 30 times.. 29 for the crew and 1 for Gordon.

It might have helped to have a miner with some expertise in copper mining to assist the team. Some ancient mines have a lot of broken and discarded items in them. That mine looks so clean. They didn't achieve much. Miners need lamps or torches, their clothing, shoes would wear out, those German miners were so tidy.

A great experience, thanks.

If they have Asked Jeeves first, this whole thing would have been solved!

"Does anyone know where the love of god goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours?"

Anyone try growing one if the melon seeds?

I live in Taunton, right next to Somerset… 3,000 miles away lol Damn, founders had no imagination

Did the person have a raw lemon bite just before dying ?

Thanks for sharing this. Easily the most in depth,/explainable account of what most likely happened. Those waves coming across the ship would make you question your faith. Bless the 29 souls who perished that night.

UGH! Tori King is one of the scientists who worked on Richard III’s remains about 8:years ago, when he was found in a parking lot. I was so fascinated by the whole thing, but then this woman pronounced ‘SKE - le - tal’ as ‘ske - LEE - tal’ about 30 times in a 10 minute explanation of her findings, and it just drove me out of my mind. Since she’s an American, there’s no excuse….she simply decided to try to sound more “intelligent” than everyone else, jumping on a “word rebranding” trend, and nothing drives me crazier faster than that silly type of pomposity. So I jumped ship.

Such beautiful names, “Cloud Ladder Hall”. Like exploring an alien planet….

It's rogue waves that make me think the future of industrial and commercial shipping might actually be with submersibles as the climate gets more extreme in coming decades. You need some way to avoid these extreme and unpredictable hazards as storms continue to get more extreme themselves, and simply submerging maybe 10m is likely to be the best way to avoid the hazard altogether, as well as reducing the strain on the ship from waves altogether.

Gold isn't life Gold is death deeper you go more your found wanting more of it ❓️🤠⚒️⛏️🇺🇲

This was one of the best documentaries and research videos I've watched. Super informative and I feel more accurately explains what actually happened. For decades we were to believe the crew had messed up with the hatches and it seems otherwise now. Thank you for this

If the ship is twisting back and forth I could only guess that the cargo hatches could temporarily move out of alignment and breach the seal long enough for water to enter.

ai thumbnail is crazy

I believe that the Fitz broke in half on the surface from repeated stress like the Carl D. Bradly and Daniel J Morrell did. The "flooding" reported earlier was likely flooding amidships that was caused by a small fracture, which happened to another freighter earlier this summer (It made it back to port with a slight list due to the weather being mostly calm). Unlike the Morrell, I think the stern of the Fitzgerald immediately capsized when it split in half, causing it to sink almost as fast as the bow and tearing both lifeboats off their davits. It also wouldn't end up steaming past the bow like the Morrell's stern did due to the propeller being mostly above water.

There with god now

mileswmathis.com/lightfoot.pdf

FRAUD INSURANCE SCAM. Just like the Titanic. Fake events. mileswmathis.com/lightfoot.pdf

This would have been an excellent documentary if not for that terrible background cacaphony.

I don’t think there’s enough sound effects

The Arthur M. Anderson (knock on wood) is still working on the lakes today (in 2024).

One difference between the water test on the hatch and the actual storm conditions is that during the storm, tons of water in each wave woudl crash down on the hatches and cause them to deform a little bit, likely enough to allow water intrusion. So more and more water would get into the holds with each such wave of sufficient size, eventually adding up to an unsustainable load. This hatch deformation would happen in spite of hatches being clapmed down. Water pressure of the spray alone is not a meaningful test of the hatch seal. I also don't buy human error, it was structural failure.

Ha! The Michipicoten recently split in her middle and while she did not sink, the company is planning to stick her back together with chewing gum and bailing wire to send her out again, and like the Carl D. Bradley, she is pretty much a rust bucket, and presents a danger to her crew in anything other than perfect weather.

US Divers: "Can we dive on the Fitz to photograph?" Canadian Government: "No" US Divers: "Why not?" Canadian Government: "Because it's a gravesite, and it's in Canadian waters" Canadian Divers: "Can we dive on the Fitz to shoot a dumb repetitive youtube documentary ?" Canadian Government: "Sure, go ahead"

I can't find the record or the name, but there was a modern bluk carrier that also cracked in the middle after taking on water. These vessels are very long, long enough for the bow and stern to be supported by huges waves while the middle is not supported by much of anything. Add to that the weight of any water in the hold and the vessel WILL break in half, no doubt.

This is bot the first bulk carrier lake boat to break in half. There was also the SS Daniel J, Morrell, which broke in half during a storm in 1966, 9 years prior to the Fitzgerald. The Stern section continued to motor along for a bit and actually passed by some of the crew members who were then in a life raft. Oh, now you mention that.

Hang on there, is the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald not at a depth of about 160 meters? Isn't that too deep to dive on?

she looks well preserved because she was eating all that food they buried her with lmao

she was eating the dogs, she was eating the cats...

Even 1000 years after a massacre, it's inappropriate to smile about the victims.

Oops Alice! The Lusitania sank in 18 minutes, not "seconds".

wtf is the ship in the thumbnail because that is not the Fitsgerald and not a classic lake freighter.

I live up in the woods in the western part of the UP, I’m just a few minutes away from Lake Superior. We honor the day that the Fitz went down every year on November 10th. They play Gordon Lightfoot’s song on loop all day on most radio stations in the UP, especially in the remote places like I live. I get very few local radio stations because I live so deep in the woods. They have memorial services and everything up here on the anniversary of its sinking. It is a VERY small and isolated community here and it’s one of the few times that us locals get together and eat and everything. We all know very well just how dangerous the lake can get in the winter here or in big storms. It can be scary just standing on the shore and seeing a lake with 5 foot waves or more! Most importantly though, the men that served on the Fitz are still honored to this day for us people living here.

Are there any follow up videos detailing what the team experts found and concluded after studying all the artifacts?

Are there any follow up videos detailing what the team experts found and concluded after studying all the artifacts?

Are there any follow up videos detailing what the team experts found and concluded after studying all the artifacts?