Brendan Mcdonough Granite Mountain Hotshots Survivor

Nineteen of the 20 members of the granite mountain hotshots an elite crew trained to fight wilderness fires died on.

Brendan mcdonough granite mountain hotshots survivor. Every one of the granite mountain hotshots except for mcdonough was burned alive sometime after 4 30 p m. Brendan mcdonough yarnell fire s surviving granite mountain hotshot. Brendan mcdonough was the granite mountain hotshots lookout june 30 and wasn t with the rest of the crew when it was overtaken by the yarnell hill fire amid shifting winds. Granite mountain hotshots survivor recounts.

Is the lone survivor of the yarnell hill fire tragedy of 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. On june 30 when the yarnell hill fire suddenly whipped 180 degrees around and cut off. Today he is a public speaker and works with numerous nonprofits for veterans police officers firefighters and emergency medical services.

Brendan mcdonough was a fire explorer at the age of 14 and ten years later was in his third season with the granite mountain hotshots when the unthinkable happened. 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. History an inferno near yarnell ariz that killed 19 of his fellow granite mountain hotshots on june 30 2013.