A Dam That's About to Break: One Sailor's Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
David “Cowboy” Weiss, a freshly minted cadet from Traverse City’s Great Lakes Maritime Academy, was assigned to board the Edmund Fitzgerald.
His story is part of the book Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which traces the path to the fateful night of November 10, 1975.
This story originally appeared in Traverse Northern Michigan.
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