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Relic From The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Returned, Plus $600,000 From Michigan
Larry Orr is retrieving one of the ship's life rings, and the state will still pay $600,000 to settle his lawsuit over police misconduct.
November 14, 2025
The state of Michigan is giving up ownership of a rare relic from the famous Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck, just weeks after it strangely obtained it through a settlement in a lawsuit that was completely unrelated to the doomed freighter.
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Larry Orr is getting one of the ship's life rings back — and the state will still pay $600,000 to settle his lawsuit over police misconduct.
"I feel a whole lot better," Orr, 77, told The Associated Press this week.
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