Mighty Fitz Quotes

“On September 22, 1958, the Edmund Fitzgerald, skippered by Captain Bert Lambert, left Rouge River bound for Silver Bay, Minnesota, where it was scheduled to pick up a load of taconite pellets to be delivered to Toledo. Not surprisingly, that very first load set a tonnage record when the Fitz passed through the Soo Locks a few days later. The ship's life on the Great Lakes had begun.”
― Michael Schumacher, Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“And no one on the surface had any idea of its fate. The”
― Michael Schumacher, Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“The November 9-10, 1975, tempest on Lake Superior eventually earned its own title: the Edmund Fitzgerald Storm.”
― Michael Schumacher, Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“October 20, 1916, when a freshwater hurricane brought down four ships on Lake Erie, became known as Black Friday.”
― Michael Schumacher, Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“Every captain knew it was his job to deliver cargo as cheaply and as quickly as possible," one Great Lakes captain commented long after the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald, "and if you didn't measure up, the company would replace you with a captain who would measure up.”
― Michael Schumacher, Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald