These Swimmers Are Finishing the Final Voyage of the 'Edmund Fitzgerald,' Which Sank in Lake Superior 50 Years Ago Starting at the wreck site, 68 athletes are completing a 411-mile relay to honor the 29 men who died in the Great Lakes tragedy on November 10, 1975

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