The Granite Mountain Hotshots Survivor

They were nature conservationists athletes and above all firefighters.

The granite mountain hotshots survivor. He had been serving. The lone survivor from the 20 man crew was 21 year old brendan mcdonough. On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire. Photos of the 19 fallen granite mountain hotshot firefighters and brendan mcdonough the lone survivor in prescott ariz in 2013.

Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots. Julie jacobson associated press by nigel duara. 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. On june 30 2013 the yarnell hill fire claimed their lives when a firestorm roared through brush 90 miles northwest of phoenix leaving mcdonough the only survivor of the 20 man granite mountain.

Every one of the granite mountain hotshots except for mcdonough was burned alive sometime after 4 30 p m. 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. 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.