Chapter 31 – Saying Goodbye to Miss Penny
Chapter 31 – Saying Goodbye to Miss Penny“What special day was yesterday, May 11?” Miss Penny asks.
“Mother’s Day,” everybody yells.
“Excellent, class,” she says. “But it was also another special day for a very different reason. Remember the story I read to you on Friday? Howard, please stand and tell us why May 11, 1953 was a special day.”
“It was the day the Steinbrenner sank in Lake Superior and everyone drowned.”
Steinbrenner“The Great Lakes freighter did sink, but not all the sailors died. Some were rescued by other ships in the area. Who remembers how many sailors were saved?” Russell raises his hand, something he hasn’t done all year. “Russell, will you tell us?”
Russell stands as tall as a beanpole. “Seventeen brave sailors went to t
