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In reply to the discussion: Prescott Courier: 18 firefighters dead in Yarnell wildfire [View all]Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)60. Names of the Fallen Ariz. Firefighters Released
19 Firefighters Killed in Blaze
YARNELL, Ariz. As the windblown blaze suddenly swept toward them, an elite crew of firefighting "Hotshots" desperately rushed to break out their emergency shelters and take cover on the ground under the heat-resistant fabric.
(PROFILE: Inside the Hotshots)
By the time the flames had passed, 19 men lay dead in the nation's biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years.
The tragedy Sunday evening all but wiped out the 20-member Granite Mountain Hotshots, a unit based in the town of Prescott, Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo said as the last of the bodies were retrieved from the mountain. Only one member survived, and that was because he was moving the unit's truck at the time, authorities said.
Monday evening, the city of Prescott released the names of the men who died. They are:
Andrew Ashcraft, 29
Kevin Woyjeck, 21
Anthony Rose, 23
Eric Marsh, 43
Christopher MacKenzie, 30
Robert Caldwell, 23
Clayton Whitted , 28
Scott Norris, 28
Dustin Deford, 24
Sean Misner, 26
Garret Zuppiger, 27
Travis Carter, 31
Grant McKee, 21
Travis Turbyfill, 27
Jesse Steed, 36
Wade Parker, 22
Joe Thurston, 32
William Warneke, 25
John Percin, 24
President: "We are heartbroken"
http://www.weather.com/news/19-firefighters-die-battling-arizona-wildfire-20130630
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Dear god. I heard in the background on AM radio that many were missing but didn't expect
Purveyor
Jun 2013
#9
I distinctly remember that fire fighting would be one place where the sequester would be felt...
ReRe
Jul 2013
#27
These were the elite firefighters-first municipality in the nation to have a hotshot team:
Liberty Belle
Jul 2013
#34