On a stormy night in 1975 the Edmund Fitzgerald plunged to the bottom of Lake Superior with all 29 souls on board. There were no survivors though a single lifeboat washed up along the Canadian shore. 30 years later wounded Iraq War veteran Danny Yearman returns home to the pieces of the life he left behind. When Danny meets a mysterious drifter who claims to have survived the Wreck of the Fitzgerald Danny embarks on across country journey out to uncover the shocking truth behind the old man's story. Set along Michigan's rugged Lake superior shore, and rich in Native American Lore "Broken" recalls the forgotten side of war, one that rages long after the guns have fallen silent.