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<blockquote data-quote="TeleStratMan" data-source="post: 3290109" data-attributes="member: 44716"><p>Nothing like Monday Morning Quarterbacking. </p><p></p><p><strong>Ernest Michael McSorley</strong> (September 29, 1912 – November 10, 1975) was the last captain of the ill-fated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_freighter" target="_blank">Laker</a>-type freighter <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald" target="_blank">SS Edmund Fitzgerald</a></em>. McSorley died along with the other 28 members of his crew when the <em>Fitzgerald</em> sank in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superior" target="_blank">Lake Superior</a> on November 10, 1975.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_M._McSorley#cite_note-tbl12dap-1" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_M._McSorley#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_M._McSorley#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_M._McSorley#cite_note-tblalllo-4" target="_blank">[4]</a></p><p></p><p>A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadians" target="_blank">Canadian</a> by birth, McSorley wanted to captain a boat. At age eleven in 1924, he moved to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> with his father and stepmother and spent his teenage years in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lawrence_River" target="_blank">St. Lawrence River</a> town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogdensburg,_New_York" target="_blank">Ogdensburg, New York</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_M._McSorley#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> A veteran mariner, McSorley had over 40 years experience on both the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes" target="_blank">Great Lakes</a> and oceans. He assumed command of the <em>Fitzgerald</em> at the start of the 1972 shipping season and had commanded nine ships before joining the crew of the <em>Fitzgerald</em>.</p><p></p><p>A quiet man, McSorley was well respected by his contemporaries as a skillful master and by his men, whom he treated as professionals. McSorley had turned 63 a month and a half before the <em>Fitzgerald</em> incident and intended to retire at the end of the shipping season. Captain McSorley's last known words were, "We are holding our own." Despite his death in a storm, McSorley was respected throughout his career as a superb heavy weather captain.</p><p></p><p>McSorley resided in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" target="_blank">Toledo</a> suburb of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Hills,_Ohio" target="_blank">Ottawa Hills, Ohio</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_M._McSorley#cite_note-tbl12dap-1" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_M._McSorley#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> and was married to the former Nellie Pollock, an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" target="_blank">Illinois</a> native. Although he had no children of his own, Nellie was the mother of three children from a previous marriage. Nellie McSorley, who was in ill health at the time of her husband's death, survived for another seventeen years, dying at age 82 on February 13, 1993.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeleStratMan, post: 3290109, member: 44716"] Nothing like Monday Morning Quarterbacking. [B]Ernest Michael McSorley[/B] (September 29, 1912 – November 10, 1975) was the last captain of the ill-fated [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_freighter']Laker[/URL]-type freighter [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald']SS Edmund Fitzgerald[/URL][/I]. McSorley died along with the other 28 members of his crew when the [I]Fitzgerald[/I] sank in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superior']Lake Superior[/URL] on November 10, 1975.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_M._McSorley#cite_note-tbl12dap-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_M._McSorley#cite_note-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_M._McSorley#cite_note-3'][3][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_M._McSorley#cite_note-tblalllo-4'][4][/URL] A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadians']Canadian[/URL] by birth, McSorley wanted to captain a boat. At age eleven in 1924, he moved to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] with his father and stepmother and spent his teenage years in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lawrence_River']St. Lawrence River[/URL] town of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogdensburg,_New_York']Ogdensburg, New York[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_M._McSorley#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] A veteran mariner, McSorley had over 40 years experience on both the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes']Great Lakes[/URL] and oceans. He assumed command of the [I]Fitzgerald[/I] at the start of the 1972 shipping season and had commanded nine ships before joining the crew of the [I]Fitzgerald[/I]. A quiet man, McSorley was well respected by his contemporaries as a skillful master and by his men, whom he treated as professionals. McSorley had turned 63 a month and a half before the [I]Fitzgerald[/I] incident and intended to retire at the end of the shipping season. Captain McSorley's last known words were, "We are holding our own." Despite his death in a storm, McSorley was respected throughout his career as a superb heavy weather captain. McSorley resided in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio']Toledo[/URL] suburb of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Hills,_Ohio']Ottawa Hills, Ohio[/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_M._McSorley#cite_note-tbl12dap-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_M._McSorley#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] and was married to the former Nellie Pollock, an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois']Illinois[/URL] native. Although he had no children of his own, Nellie was the mother of three children from a previous marriage. Nellie McSorley, who was in ill health at the time of her husband's death, survived for another seventeen years, dying at age 82 on February 13, 1993. [/QUOTE]
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