Mr. Rowe,
I was the Commanding Officer of the Marine unit that reinforced the embassy in Tripoli after the ambassador was killed.  I briefly met the man that you referenced in this video that was denied permission to go to Benghazi. He was a damn fine Soldier and a good leader. Thank you for recognizing him in this story.

Courage is not the absence of fear....... It is experiencing fear, yet acting anyway

I sang this song one time in an Irish pub just outside of Philadelphia. When I finished singing a man walked up to me with tears in his and said that was absolutely beautiful. He then told me that his uncle was the cook on board the Edmund Fitzgerald that night. I asked him what his uncle’s name was and he told me it was Seamus McCafferty. Since then every time I sing that song I respectfully dedicate it to the memory of Seamus McCafferty. That was an unforgettable moment. I raise my glass to the memory of Seamus McCafferty and the genius of Gordon Lightfoot. Rest in peace brothers.

Mike, it just occurred to me; you are the Mark Twain and Will Rogers of our time , that’s your legacy.

As a younger man in the winter of 93, I found myself off the coast of kodiak Island on a crab boat that was quickly losing the battle with boeyancy with the cold dark briny water of that cold January night.

Facing the prospect of a watery grave we dawned our survival gear as the boat sucomed to the waters rushing in.

As the sole survivor of ship wreck that song has haunted me for a long time.
Thanks for sharing.

Our friend Brad Lambeau was an Air Force radar man in Duluth. He was vectoring Phantom F4s into the storm to find the Fitz Gerald.  Brad said, "be sure to tell everyone that those pilots were all volunteers in that mad storm search. Please pass this on. Brave men in ships and planes, one and all!

What a beautiful tribute. And btw-those men will NEVER forget what went down at Benghazi and quite frankly, neither will we.

I agree with you about the horrific embarrassment of Benghazi.
She was never punished for that "deplorable " act.

I was born the day the Edmund Fitzgerald sank and I just turned 50 today.

They actual ring the bell a 30th time for Gordon Lightfoot.

They ring the bell at the chapel yesterday 29 times.Gordon Lightfoot add recently passed away the bell was rang 30 times one extra for him getting the story out.

Thank you, Mike for recognizing the gallantry of the people who tried to save the crew on the Edmond Fitzgerald. They were real heroes. I also appreciate your recognizing the differences encourage with the reference to the Benghazi debacle. Our special forces were on the transport planes in Italy on the tarmac ready to takeoff. They were volunteers. She then froze and told him to stand down. One of the saddest days in our country and a failure of leadership. If you were to ask her today about the events in Ben Ghazi, she would just deflect you and say it’s old news. Thank you, Mike for making it current news.

Mike, the way you do these (I am only 4.5 minutes into it), takes me back to Paul Harvey’s ‘The Rest of the Story’. During the summer months, when I was a kid, I listened to him every weekday, on WGN’s ‘The Noon Show’, I believe it was called. My dad and I would come in, for lunch, he would turn the radio on and we would listen to the market prices, Orion Samuelson and Paul Harvey. Good memories! You are an American icon, just like Paul Harvey.

"You have to go out, but you don't have to come back" is an unofficial motto of the United States Coast Guard, reflecting the service's unwavering commitment to rescue operations, even under extreme danger.

My dad was a 40-year Great Lakes freighter veteran. He wasn't quite a captain that night, but it hit the community hard. He lost friends. Some of my friends lost dads. It was a devastating night that I wasn't quite old enough to understand.

Thank you, Mike for your continued effort to illuminate the good in mankind. I started listening to the podcast back in the early days when I would push my son around in his stroller. You made a new dad shed more than one tear, and many laughs on those walks. I couldn’t wait to return and share with my wife the gems I learned. Fast-forward 13 years and my son, now 14, is the biggest Mike Rowe fan having consumed your book, watched Something to Stand For, and countless episodes of your shows. He’s a good kid—you’d like him. He’s a young patriot and even volunteers at the senior center/local veteran group. You’ve even influenced him to apply to the local vocational school for high school next year. The trades are in fact cool again, thanks to you.

Thank you so much Mr Rowe for remembering myself and all my brothers and sisters who were proud to serve in the Marine corps. Once a marine always a Marine! Semper Fi

50 years ago today, lest we forget.

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Arthur m Anderson still runs. Cooper was a good friend of my uncle. Heard soooo many stories about that night. Such a sad night.