The Granite Mountain Hotshots How Did They Die

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 granite mountain hotshots how did they die. They died heroes she said crying and wiping tears away from her eyes. A three mile 4 8 km path leads from a parking area on highway 89 up to an observation deck. The granite mountain inter agency hotshot crew successfully went on wildfire responses to perkinsville prescott valley green gate hart thompson ridge doce where again they protected the city prescott west spruce and mount josh fires. There were the el cariso hotshots on the loop fire of 1966 the mormon lake hotshots on the battlement creek fire of 1976 and now the granite mountain hotshots on the yarnell hill fire of 2013.

And we ll miss them. More 5 new things about fire that killed granite mountain hotshots firefighters a few hours after the flames burned over they would be among the first to learn the stunning news that a hotshot. The third time in history the very same thing has happened to hotshot crews in the very same way for the very same primary reasons. How 19 granite mountain hotshots died in the yarnell hill fire we are going to hallowed ground says jim paxon spokesman for the arizona forestry division moments before leading.

Granite mountain hotshots memorial state park was created to honor the hotshots. The 19 firefighters killed in the yarnell hill fire southwest of prescott were part of an elite firefighting crew called the granite mountain hotshots according to the arizona incident management. At 4 04 pm the granite mountain hotshots were still on the ridge above glen ilah. So obviously the granite mountain hotshots left where they were because they thought that they could make it in a timely fashion to the boulder springs ranch without getting killed.

Juliann ashcraft said she found out her firefighter husband andrew was among the dead by watching the news with her four children. A trail follows the last steps of the hotshots down to the fatality site where they made their last stand.