Great Lakes Memorial service held for those lost on Michigan waterways

Toll the bells in memory of all who lost their lives on Lake Superior. An extra special mass this morning in Detroit for the 51st year in a row. The legend lives on as we close in on the 51st anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The freighter sank in Lake Superior in the face of a hurricane, West Wind, November 10th, 1975. Today, once again, the annual Great Lakes Memorial Service at Detroit's Mariner's Church, Mariner's Church, it's to honor all the sailors and civilians. ...who have lost their lives on the Great Lakes and Michigan waterways. The pastor's message, the men and women of the sea face incredible challenges on the water and are forced to overcome their fear, but he says they can gain strength through a higher power. When we think about the bravest acts in our history, the daring rescues by seafarers in rolling oceans, the valor of Coast Guard navigating in a midnight gale, we tend to imagine these individuals as kind of possessing some rare superhuman quality called quote-unquote bravery, whether we're sailing through the smooth waters or we're fighting for survival in the dark. Let his perfect love cast out your fear today. 29 men died on the Edmund Fitzgerald. The sinking, of course, is immortalized in the Gordon Lightfoot song, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.