"The Edmund Fitzgerald 2"
[A/N: This story is based on real events. On November 10, 1975, The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 
Lake Superior sometime after 7:25 PM. The ship went down with all 29 men still onboard. In May of
1976, the wreck of the ship was officially identified. In 1995, the bell was raised from the 
Edmund Fitzgerald, restored, and replaced with a bell, engraved in which were the names of the
twenty-nine men lost on that November day, twenty years ago. The original bell was rung thirty
times- once for each man, and once for everyone combined. The ship was only seventeen years old.]

 Dib had just turned twenty-seven. The year was 2015, and he was just about to embark on a ship 
that would follow the fate of it's namesake-The Edmund Fitzgerald II. Dib stepped on the ship, 
waving to his father and sister, unknowing that this would be the last time he would ever see 
them. The date was November 9th. The ship had just been loaded up with 28,513 tons of taconite
pellets, a type of iron used in car building. They were supposed to arrive at Zug Island, on the
Detroit River. 

 The ship with it's twenty-nine crewmen had already had a half-hour of smooth going. 
Suddenly, a weather bullitin came in. "We interrupt this program for a special weather bullitin. 
The NWS has declared the possibility of gale-strength winds on Lake Superior. Any ships facing 
such winds should come closer to the Canadian coastline, as the winds will be coming from
the north. We now return you to your program already in progress." 
 
 One hour and forty-five minutes later, The Capitan made contact with the Capitan of the Arthur 
A. Anderson, fifteen miles behind. 

 Eary that morning, around 1:00 AM, the Capitan of the Fitzgerld radioed in his first 
weather report. "Currnetly twenty miles south of Isle Royale. We are getting fifty-two knots, 
waves at ten feet high."
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