Lone Survivor Granite Mountain Hotshots

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

Lone survivor granite mountain hotshots. Granite mountain hotshots were ordered to leave their. Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots. He had been serving. I have no clue says lone hotshot survivor brendan mcdonough.

Photos of the 19 fallen granite mountain hotshot firefighters and brendan mcdonough the lone survivor in prescott ariz in 2013. 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. Lone arizona hotshot survivor recounts tragic fire. I know they were asked to come to yarnell if it was possible and eric said no we are going to stay here in the black and for some reason they left.

Outside magazine released the documentary film the granite mountain hotshots and the yarnell hill fire august 12 2013 in which friends relatives colleagues including brendan mcdonough the lone survivor of the granite mountain hotshots speak out. The granite mountain hotshots an elite firefighting. Brendan mcdonough 21 is the lone survivor of the 20 man team that went into the yarnell hill fire as it spread throughout central arizona. They were nature conservationists athletes and above all firefighters.

More than a year after 19 firefighters perished in the yarnell hill blaze the crew s lone survivor purportedly made a shocking revelation. Why did the granite mountain hotshots leave the safety of a previously burned black area. On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire. Inside the granite mountain hotshots station house in prescott in his first visit only weeks after the catastrophic loss mcdonough felt.