Why Didn T The Blankets Save The Granite Mountain Hotshots
All the men were aware they were in a tough spot a city crew trying to make the.
Why didn t the blankets save the granite mountain hotshots. The tragedy all but wiped out the 20 member granite mountain hotshots a unit based at prescott authorities said monday as the last of the bodies were retrieved from the mountain in the town of. This photo was taken on friday oct. This photo was taken on friday oct. At 4 04 pm the granite mountain hotshots were still on the ridge above glen ilah.
The deaths of the granite mountain hotshots marked the nation s biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years. The tragedy sunday evening almost wiped out the 20 member granite mountain hotshots a unit based in the small town of prescott prescott fire chief dan fraijo said. The largest remaining question about the yarnell hill fire that killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshot crew in 2013 south of prescott arizona is why the crew left the safety of a. Soon after that they headed downhill into a narrow box canyon that was smothered with dense 10 foot high chaparral.