A MYSTIFYING 14,000-ton ship that left 29 dead after vanishing in a brutal storm still remains a mystery to this day.
After the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank 48-years-ago today, people have been baffled by how it suddenly disappeared leaving only the untouched life jackets washing ashore.
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The massive US ship was caught in awful weather so sailed off course to try and get to safety.
This perilous plan knocked the boat off of the radar and left the whole crew stranded and untraceable.
No bodies were ever recovered from the wreckage.
Officers on board the Fitzgerald radioed a panicked message to a nearby ship minutes before it perished underwater.
The boats’ captain said they were taking on heavy amounts of water and had lost two protective covers.
The radio message reportedly said: “I have a bad list, lost both radars and am taking heavy seas over…
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