These gentlemen, you know, they're heroes in the true sense of the word. McDonough, I'm just like, you know, I can only imagine what he's going through. Like many people, he's captivated by the story, which he read about in a book written by Brendan McDonough, the sole surviving Granite Mountain Hotshot.ĬHARLIE JOEL: Mr. On my way back down, I meet Charlie Joel (ph), a retiree from Sun City, Ariz. And here's a little - it's almost like a mobile with little plastic hummingbirds clinking together in the breeze. All along the trail, there are things that people have left here, little mementos or just decorations. RYAN HEINSIUS, BYLINE: This is steep country for sure. Ryan Heinsius of our member station KNAU in Flagstaff reports from where the tragedy unfolded. One crew member survived, and it's been a hard decade for him. Nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a firefighting team, died in 2013 battling the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona. Today is the 10th anniversary of one of the deadliest days in the history of wildland firefighting.
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