Sunday, July 14, 2013

Arizona firefighters showed calm and courage to the end

[photo]                                                                                                                                                                                 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots found huddled together in Yarnell Hill blaze.

July 13, 2013 |By Cindy Carcamo, John M. Glionna, Christopher Goffard and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Of the Los Angeles Times
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — — Hours before the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshots climbed into the parched, craggy hills where they would die, one of them woke his father with a phone call.
"We have a fire in Yarnell," said Kevin Woyjeck. "It's big and getting bigger."
The lightning-sparked wildfire outside the tiny former gold-mining town had spread to 200 acres, sweeping over deep canyons and big boulders, taking fuel from chaparral rich with oils that burn hot and fast...Continue reading...

TRIBUTE VIDEO: We will never forget the Granite Mountain Hotshots

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