The Granite Mountain Hotshots Story

They trained under the supervision of eric marsh depicted by josh brolin in the movie.

The granite mountain hotshots story.

Four years ago the granite mountain hotshots died battling a horrifying wildfire in yarnell. An untold story from the day 19 firefighters died a bomb proof safety zone. 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 couple hunkered down inside their house as flames.

They never saw the firefighters. They first operated as a fuels mitigation crew until they transitioned to a handcrew in 2004. The town has honored the granite mountain hotshots with a unique tribute a rugged hiking trail that climbs more than 1 000 feet up the side of the. The men gave their lives to protect yarnell.

The granite mountain hotshots formed in 2002 as a group within the prescott volunteer fire department. Yarnell lee and diane helm own a ranch 600 yards from where 19 granite mountain hotshots died in the yarnell hill fire on june 30 2013. She refers to the hotshots fondly as boys even though they ranged in. On thursday the true story of those men who fought on the front lines premiered across the united.

The helms ranch is near the southwest end of yarnell in a subdivision called glen ilah. The true story of the yarnell hill fire 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.