The biggest question that the teenage webmaster Tim McCall is asked about this website is "Why?".  A valid question.  Why would any young person want to make a website about a twenty-eight year-old shipwreck?  Well, the answer to that question is why this page is titled "Presentation."

     This website originally came about as an extension to a school project when Tim McCall, the webmaster, was fourteen years old and in the eighth grade (2000).  Everyone in the eighth grade at Tim's former middle school, under the direction of teachers Linda Gagyi, Scott Coffey, Ryan Nickoli, William Moore, and Kathy Karlander were required to do projects on different disasters in history.  Tim was assigned to the Edmund Fitzgerald.  The assignment was to make presentations sharing research, information, and different multimedia presentation items.  You were also required to create a booklet of twenty pages, sharing the most important facts about the disaster you were assigned.

     The funny story behind the website is that it was an idea thought of when Tim McCall was half asleep, not realizing the huge task he would be creating for himself.  After getting hardly any sleep one night, a night close to the due date for his project, he woke up and said "Why not make a website?!"  He knew nothing about websites, but there he sat, at his computer, creating one.  He hoped it would be a place to compile his research, and a place to teach others about the tragedy.  It became a huge success within a couple months.  Not to mention, he got an "A" on his school project!

     The website originally started with ten pages, and through his contact with the families of the crew, his web design skills, and his determination in making sure the Fitz be remembered, S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald Online has grown to over one hundred twenty-five web pages, and is one of the most reliable and extensive sources of information on the Fitz anywhere on the internet. 

A few select materials from Tim's "Disaster Booklet" assignment