The Great Lakes area is remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy, 41 years after the boat sank amid a furious storm on Lake Superior.

The Great Lakes Maritime Academy in Traverse City is one of several places holding memorials.

And for good reason, says academy superintendent Jerry Achenbach , who's spent his career on the water.

“Great Lakes Maritime Academy cadet David Weiss was lost with all hands on the Edmund Fitzgerald,” he says.

Achenbach's predecessor, John Tanner, personally drove cadet David Weiss to the Fitzgerald for his 1975 training assignment.

All 29 crew members on board died in that storm. The exact cause of the sinking is still debated today.