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As seen in: WJRT-TV (Flint, MI), MSN Australia, Daily Mail, Fabulous, Sunday Mirror, Sunday People, The Daily Mirror, The Sun, New York Post, Rochdale Observer, Liverpool Echo and
AM Anchor/GMMM Host on @ABC12WJRT. Husband. Father. Answers to: “Hey! News Guy!” Facts=Freedom. Innately curious (nosey). My dog's name is Walter (Cronkite).
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Bay City family keeps Christmas spirit alive with Santa House

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By Matt Barbour Verified
| WJRT-TV (Flint, MI) Verified
Video Player is loading. Current Time 0:00 Duration -:- Remaining Time --:- Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. TextColorTransparency BackgroundColorTransparency WindowColorTransparency Font Size Text Edge Style Font Family End of dialog window. The house is located near Veterans Memorial Park in Bay City. BAY CITY, Mich.
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50 years later: Mid-Michigan man recounts Edmund Fitzgerald response

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By Matt Barbour Verified
| WJRT-TV (Flint, MI) Verified
Video Player is loading. Current Time 0:00 Duration -:- Remaining Time --:- Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window. GRATIOT COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - Fifty years ago Monday, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald freighter sank in the waters of Lake Superior near Whitefish Point in the Upper Peninsula during a fierce storm. The 29 crew members on board all died. Five decades later, investigators have not determined a conclusive cause for the sinking.
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50 years later: Mid-Michigan man recounts Edmund Fitzgerald response

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By Matt Barbour Verified
| WJRT-TV (Flint, MI) Verified
GRATIOT COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - 50 years ago today, during a fierce storm, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald freighter sank in the waters of Lake Superior near Whitefish Point in the Upper Peninsula. The 29 crew members on board did not survive. To this day, the exact cause of the ship going down remains a mystery. Tony Hall, who lives in Gratiot County now, was a seaman in the Coast Guard at the time. He and his shipmates answered the rescue call that fateful night.
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