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The 29 men who died in 1975 on the Edmund Fitzgerald were honored Monday at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in the Upper Peninsula.
Two events, a memorial service for the public, and a separate private ceremony for the families of the crew, were held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the tragedy.
WCMU’s AJ Jones has more.