#specifically he changed ‘a main hatchway caved in’

[holdingup-fallingsky]

Thinking about the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald again…. If you care…..

#you don’t #but #did you know #that Gordon Lightfoot started changing the lyrics of the song to fit the truth of what happened #he did this to honor the families #specifically he changed ‘a main hatchway caved in’ #to something else #because it was found the ship split in half #and Ruth Hudson who’s son Bruce was in charge of checking the hatchways #worried and proclaimed her son’s persistence to do a good job #and Gordon Lightfoot changed the lyrics so she could stop worrying #now you do #the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald #gordon lightfoot #the edmund fitzgerald