MPR’s Dan Kraker reports that fifty years after the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the loss of a ship known as the “Titanic” of the Great Lakes remains one of the most famous shipwrecks in history. Kraker takes a look at what is known…and what questions remain.

The American Great Lakes freighter was lost in the deep waters of Lake Superior during a severe storm on November 10, 1975, resulting in the death of all 29 crew members.

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2026 National Headliner Award, third place in TV / Radio - Radio local feature and human interest story category