The Granite Mountain Hotshots Survivor

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The granite mountain hotshots survivor. Mcdonough walks back to his seat after speaking at a memorial service for the fallen members of the granite mountain hotshots on july a week after the tragedy wiped out his team. Richard brody on the new movie only the brave about the granite mountain hotshots a real life unit of heroic arizona firefighters and what the film doesn t include. The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by dry lightning on june 28 2013 on june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots just one of the hotshots on the crew survived he was posted as a lookout on the fire and was not with the others when the fire overtook them. On june 30 when the yarnell hill fire suddenly whipped 180 degrees around and cut off.

Julie jacobson associated press by nigel duara. The lone survivor from the 20 man crew was 21 year old brendan mcdonough. On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire. They were nature conservationists athletes and above all firefighters.

A year after the 19 granite mountain hotshots perished in arizona s yarnell hill fire brendan mcdonough sat on the side of the road opened his truck s glove compartment pulled out his 9mm and. Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots. Photos of the 19 fallen granite mountain hotshot firefighters and brendan mcdonough the lone survivor in prescott ariz in 2013.