The Granite Mountain Hotshots Survivor

On june 30 when the yarnell hill fire suddenly whipped 180 degrees around and cut off their escape route from a scrub brush meadow to a nearby ranch.

The granite mountain hotshots survivor.

On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots. Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots. Brendan mcdonough survived one of the deadliest wildfires in u s. As depicted in the movie nineteen of the twenty members of the company died on june 30 2013 while fighting a wildfire and donut is the sole survivor.

Granite mountain hotshots lone survivor. 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. But images of his daughter crept into his head. Would she grow up to view her dad as a coward.

Every one of the granite mountain hotshots except for mcdonough was burned alive sometime after 4 30 p m. The couple hunkered down inside their house as flames. The yarnell hill fire was one of the deadliest u s. Wildfires since the 1991 east bay hills fire which killed 25 people and the deadliest wildland fire for u s.

Nineteen of the 20 members of the granite mountain hotshots an elite crew trained to fight wilderness fires died on june 30 2013 as they battled a fierce fire outside the old gold mining village of yarnell arizona. 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. 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. From the ny times story 7 2 2013.

Only one granite mountain hotshot survived the fire. Here are glimpses of the men they were and what they leave behind. The roar of the fire was huffing behind me long journey of therapy. On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire.