The life ring Joe Rasch and his daughters found.Nice job, Joe.
The life ring Joe Rasch and his daughters found.Nice job, Joe.
Interesting stuff on the type of vessel the Edmund Fitzgerald was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_freighter
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Thanks for the great thread. Living near the Great Lakes all my life, that song always was pretty special; and very sad.
Edmund Fitzgerald life ring not realThat life ring from the Edmund Fitzgerald found a few weeks ago? Well, it's not.
read by Rachel Ruiz
WOOD-TV
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum confirmed the ring is not the real thing, even though they originally believed it to be.
The ring is believed to have been stolen from a cottage in Eagle River a few years ago, and it was those cottage owners who painted the words "Edmund Fitzgerald" on it.
Joe Rasch, who with his daughters found the ring while on vacation earlier this month, said he's disappointed and he'll probably hang it in his shed.
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I really thought they were talking about some mystical ‘70s fad item, like a mood ring.
“Life ring”. OK.
This story has been “debunked” as not having come from the Edmund Fitzgerald. It was a life ring from a lake front cabin that the owner “decorated” with the name of the Edmund Fitzgerald. At some point that life ring was stolen and ended up in the lake. At least that is what is being reported on some boating message boards.
