Photo by Chief Petty Officer Alan Haraf | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 07.24.2013
Petty Officer 3rd Class Brennen Coles (left) and Seaman Nicholas Konopka of Coast Guard Station Calumet Harbor prepare to salute after placing a bouquet of flowers in the Chicago River during a ceremony marking the 98th anniversary of the SS Eastland disaster. When the SS Eastland capsized on the Chicago River in 1915 with more than 2,500 passengers on board, 844 perished in one of the worst......
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Alan Haraf | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 07.24.2013
Petty Officer 3rd Class Brennen Coles (left) and Seaman Nicholas Konopka of Coast Guard Station Calumet Harbor place a bouquet of flowers in the Chicago River during a ceremony marking the 98th anniversary of the SS Eastland disaster. When the SS Eastland capsized on the Chicago River in 1915 with more than 2,500 passengers on board, 844 perished in one of the worst maritime disasters in U.S.......
