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'I know it haunted her': Did a switchboard operator take a distress call from the Fitzgerald?

Barbara Kubont reportedly stayed on the line with the Edmund Fitzgerald during its final moments, a claim raising questions as no official distress call record exists for the 1975 sinking.

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According to her obituary, Barbara Kubont stayed on the line with those aboard the ship until 'contact was lost'

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She was the last to speak to the Edmund Fitzgerald says telephone operator's obituary

Fifty years ago today, Barbara Kubont stayed on the line with those aboard the ship until 'contact was lost'

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'I know it haunted her': Did a switchboard operator take a distress call from the Fitzgerald?

According to her obituary, Barbara Kubont stayed on the line with those aboard the ship until 'contact was lost'

·Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
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'It haunted her': Did switchboard operator take distress call from doomed Fitzgerald?

According to her obituary, Barbara Kubont stayed on the line with those aboard the ship until 'contact was lost'

·Timmins, Canada
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SooToday.com broke the news in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada on Monday, November 10, 2025.
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