Trevor Collins

Right.

Brains so big.

Neck issues.

Oh man.

Yeah, 58.5 million pounds of iron ore pellets is pretty gnarly.

So like I said, they set off from the port in Superior, Wisconsin, and they are destined for the steel mill near Detroit, Michigan.

And so if you don't know, I'll show you at the end kind of the route that they were intending to take, but ultimately going across Lake Superior, then heading into the southeast corner where they would take rivers that connect the Great Lakes, and that's how they would make it to Detroit.

Now, typically this would be a five-day journey, but on the second day, weather conditions worsened and concerns began to arise.

Following closely behind the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was actually a different lake freighter, the Arthur M. Anderson.

This was led by Captain Bernie Cooper.

Now, just so you have an image for his name, we do have a picture of him, thanks to Wood TV, but this is Captain Cooper.

I mean, that's a sophisticated man right there.

Yeah.

Little captain hat.

Very proud man.

I do believe he's standing actually at the bow, the front of the Anderson there.

yeah you can see just all the rows of where everything would go so this is a smaller freighter but ultimately captain cooper's vessel had departed from two harbors minnesota which is about 30 miles away from superior so their route is going to be pretty similar hence why they ended up being not too far behind

You know, ultimately the ship did catch up and the two captains were in contact with the Fitzgerald taking the lead on this journey.

It's unclear where the Arthur M. Anderson was headed, but they were following the same path as the Fitzgerald across Lake Superior.

And the Anderson stayed specifically about 10 to 15 miles behind the Fitzgerald during this journey.