gene francis alan pitney sang the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald.
who sang the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald?
gene francis alan pitney
macinnis led another series of dives in 1995 to salvage the bell from "edmund fitzgerald". the sault tribe of chippewa indians backed the expedition by co-signing a loan in the amount of $250,000. canadian engineer phil nuytten's atmospheric diving suit, known as the "newtsuit," was used to retrieve the bell from the ship, replace it with a replica, and put a beer can in "edmund fitzgerald"s pilothouse. that same year, terrence tysall and mike zee set multiple records when they used trimix gas to scuba dive to "edmund fitzgerald". the pair are the only people known to have touched the "edmund fitzgerald" wreck. they also set records for the deepest scuba dive on the great lakes and the deepest shipwreck dive, and were the first divers to reach "edmund fitzgerald" without the aid of a submersible. it took six minutes to reach the wreck, six minutes to survey it, and three hours to resurface to avoid decompression sickness, also known as "the bends."
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the church is mentioned in gordon lightfoot's song "the wreck of the "edmund fitzgerald"", which goes: "in a musty old hall in detroit, they prayed in the maritime sailors' cathedral. the church bell chimed 'til it rang 29 times for each man on the "edmund fitzgerald"." in 1985, lightfoot performed the ballad at the tenth memorial service for the edmund fitzgerald. after viewing the sanctuary, lightfoot proclaimed to the congregation that he wrote the song under a false impression and would in future performances refer to the church as a "...rustic old hall..."
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