DULUTH — Terrence Tysall was one of only two people to do it, and it may never be done again.

On Sept. 1, 1995, Tysall and Mike Zlatopolsky — popularly known as Mike Zee — descended from the surface of Lake Superior just west of Whitefish Bay to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. In so doing, they set a record for the deepest shipwreck dive in Great Lakes history.

The wreck lies in Ontario waters and, since 2006, it has been forbidden by Canadian law to dive on the Fitzgerald without official permission.

"If that's what helps families cope with a loss, and if the people in power are after that, then, fine," said Tysall about the ban. "I think the sensitivities were sharpened by the fact that this happened to be the wreck that gained notoriety through that wonderful piece of music that

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