A yau shekaru 50 da suka wuce, maza 29 masu jarumta sun rasa rayukansu a cikin ruwan sanyi na Lake Superior.
Gordon Lightfoot ya tsarkake wannan bala'in a cikin shahararren wakarsa ta 1976; The Wreak of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Maza 29 da na lissafa a ƙasa:
Ernest McSorley — Kwamandan da aka haifa a 1912 a Kanada kuma ya zauna a Toledo, Ohio.
John McCarthy — Matar farko da aka haifa a 1913 kuma ya zauna a Bay Village, Ohio.
James Pratt — Matar biyu da aka haifa a 1931 kuma ya zauna a Lakewood, Ohio.
Michael Armagost — Matar uku da aka haifa a 1938…ƙara karantawa