Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald
- November 10, 1975
- Largest ship on the Great Lakes
- 729 feet long
- 17 years of service
- Sank due to weather conditions
- 29 perished; no bodies recovered
- 500 feet down
- No distress signal
- Last communication was that everything was fine.
- A safe harbor was only 15 miles away
- There were no mandatory survival suits, depth finders, positioning systems
Who would have ever thought she would go down and take every life onboard with her? Can you imagine no survival suits in case of disaster? There was no way for rescuers to find her in case of trouble.
How many float through life with that kind of attitude? What a rude awakening when everything you know disappears!
But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?
And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Be prepared. Give it some thought because everything isn’t fine.
Gary