The Granite Mountain Hotshots Real Story

Josh brolin as eric marsh the leader of the hotshot crew.

The granite mountain hotshots real story. Miles teller as brendan mcdonough the only. Like in the movie the true story confirms that only one member of the 20 man granite mountain hotshots crew survived. On thursday the true story of those men who fought on the front lines premiered across the united states. On the morning of june 30 all 20 members of prescott arizona s granite mountain hotshots headed into the mountains to protect the small town of yarnell from an advancing blaze.

The two state investigations into the deaths of 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots released to the public in 2013 did not include the complete autopsy and toxicology reports of the men who were killed on june 30 2013 in the yarnell hill fire. Later that day. 21 year old brendan mcdonough nicknamed donut and played by miles teller in the movie had been serving as a fire and weather lookout when the fire encroached on his position and threatened to overtake it. Only the brave tells the story of the granite mountain hotshots a highly trained team of wildland firefighters that lost 19 of its 20 members when they became entrapped in the yarnell hill blaze.

Four years ago the granite mountain hotshots died battling a horrifying wildfire in yarnell. 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 real granite mountain hotshots and others are played one for one by actors including.