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Past Connections

There are lots of people around that have some type of connection to the Edmund Fitzgerald.  This section of S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald Online highlights just a few of those connections.  Below you will find a few of the stories people have shared with us.

• Sherry Johnson stumbled across a note on a beach in 1969.  What does this have to do with the Edmund Fitzgerald?  Click here for the story.

• One woman thought that her connection to the Edmund Fitzgerald was just from an interest, or a respect of the crew and ship.  She discovered she had a relative on board!  Click here for the details.

• Duane Bartlett, now almost 80, shared a letter that he wrote to his son, in memory of the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald.  He had formerly sailed with some of the Fitz crew.

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