The Granite Mountain Hotshots Real Story

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The granite mountain hotshots real story.

Josh brolin as eric marsh the leader of the hotshot crew. Only the brave tells the story of the granite mountain hotshots a highly trained team of wildland firefighters that lost 19 of its 20 members when they became entrapped in the yarnell hill blaze. Four years ago the granite mountain hotshots died battling a horrifying wildfire in yarnell. Like in the movie the true story confirms that only one member of the 20 man granite mountain hotshots crew survived.

The two state investigations into the deaths of 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots released to the public in 2013 did not include the complete autopsy and toxicology reports of the men who were killed on june 30 2013 in the yarnell hill fire. On the morning of june 30 all 20 members of prescott arizona s granite mountain hotshots headed into the mountains to protect the small town of yarnell from an advancing blaze. It s been four years since arizona s firefighting community lost 19 of its own. Miles teller as brendan mcdonough the only.

The real granite mountain hotshots and others are played one for one by actors including. 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. More 5 new things about fire that killed granite mountain hotshots firefighters a few hours after the flames burned over they would be among the first to learn the stunning news that a hotshot.