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Harrowing stories resurface in newly discovered Lake Superior shipwreck

A view of a shipwreck at the bottom of Lake Superior
Part of a ship's mast, toppled when it sank, is visible amid the wreck of the freighter Henry Steinbrenner, 750 feet deep in Lake Superior south of Isle Royale. Jerry Eliason and Ken Merryman located the wreck of the Steinbrenner, which sank in 1953, on Sept. 9.
Courtesy of Jerry Eliason and Ken Merryman