Today Granite Mountain Hotshots Survivor

The lone survivor from the 20 man crew was 21 year old brendan mcdonough.

Today granite mountain hotshots survivor. 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. 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. 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. But his fallen brothers were the reason he was alive that day at all.

On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire. Four years ago the granite mountain hotshots died battling a horrifying wildfire in yarnell. They were nature conservationists athletes and above all firefighters. On thursday the true story of those men who fought on the front lines premiered across the united states.

He was the only one to survive. The couple hunkered down inside their house as flames. 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. Brendan mcdonough was the granite mountain hotshots lookout june 30 and wasn t with the rest of the crew when it was overtaken by the yarnell hill fire amid shifting winds.

Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots. On june 30 when the yarnell hill fire suddenly whipped 180 degrees around and cut off. 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.