It’s been 6 years and I still can’t watch the movie and these videos without breaking down. I miss you Wade Scott Parker, you were an amazing big brother figure to me and you were such a strong leader of Christ to those around you💜
It makes me so happy to hear that he was a Born again Christian. As a Christian I know the only way to Heaven is by accepting JESUS but the BIBLE/GOD's Word does say HE will judge those who lay down their lives for their friends differently and I Hope and Trust that means accepting them except for those who have clearly rejected HIM like Eric as a Buddhist. Unfortunately I feel he is lost although he would be less severely judged than most. I know people will hate Christians for saying the truth but our choices in this life have real Eternal consequences of our own choosing.
@@robertdoell4321keep your religious BS to yourself, especially on this post. Every single one of them are at peace and it’s disgusting you’d say otherwise.
Every June, I come back to pay my respects, every June, I tear up and no one here at the office can understand why. I used to be an army firefighter 2 decades ago, now just another vollunteer, the bond is real, Rest in Peace brave souls, the firefighters of the Greek 1st Army Aviation Brigade we salute you!
I live in the Uk and since watching Only the Brave it has made me research into all these brave guys and girls who put their lives on the line ,we don't hear much of this news over here ---so many have died over the years --my thoughts go out to all firefighters around the World.
It's difficult to find fault with heroes, but examining their actions saves other lives. Long ago the fire service wrote a list of safety DO's and DONT's that has saved lives since - if complied with. These fellows seemed to be intent on breaking the entire list. You don't move from a safe zone into an unburned or underburned fire fuel area unless the fire's actions are being directly observed either by you, or an overwatch who is in direct communication with you. You also don't move anywhere without notifying the fire command, and you must always know your location. In short you have to always know where the fire is at and what it is doing, know where you are at and what you are doing, and make sure that everyone else knows what you know. The crew followed none of the rules and it cost them their lives. The movie glossed over all the failings. Failing to objectively identify and disseminate the findings to other firefighters out of respect for the fallen and their families is the recipe for more deaths. Fortunately, the wildland fire service has a system to privately critique such accidents and learn from them.
Very low humidity, flashy fuels, high temperatures, and a wind shift are all dangerous fire weather conditions that can catch a firefighter by surprise. RIP My Brothers!!! ✝️
I can't imagine a more horrifying way to die. I have the utmost respect for first responders, wildland firefighters, and everyone else who puts themselves in harm's way to help his fellow man. RIP
It took air attack 1 second to realize Granite Mountain was in trouble, it took Ops 3 minutes to realize Granite Mountain was in trouble. But for some reason Granite Mountain has to go through Ops to request air attack. They need an emergency call like “Alamo” where everyone shuts up on comms except air attack and the unit in trouble and air attack dumps everything it has on the flames. Yes, just like a war zone. Ops severely fucked up.
I understand what you mean but at the same time this isn’t a firefight with the taliban. By the time they told ops they were in trouble it was too late. You can’t lay suppressing fire on a wildfire to stop it, you can’t hide from it, if it’s coming towards you at the speed the fire was there is nothing you can do.
steed broke in on the IC frequency and we do have a emc its called mayday but the fire blocked out the radio signals watch the lessons learned video plus i was there with blue ridge my first year!
GM f’d up too. Earlier they had checked in as being in a safe area, then decided to move out to protect some structures without informing anyone. It was a series of terrible mistakes that led to these brave men’s lives being lost.
@@aliciaanderson873 you know not one fucking thing ! where you there that day >?i was and i heard granite mountains crew radios from donuts when me and my supe picked him up they were asked to go protect structures ! by ops steed replied by saying negative thats not the reason the left the black and well never know why some say eric wanted to go to the ranch theres a lil audio between eric and steed aruguing weather to leave the black or not but us HOTSHOTS arent gonna let or own backyard burn!
subto pewdiepie they left the black and entered a box canyon. You can hear several men just shocked they were still in there and had moved from the black.
it was moving 12 mph. you cant outrun that long in smoke and equipment. plus they are trained in worst case to make a shelter with a heat sheild. direct flame will melt them.
@@Tarheel13 Watch the video "Yarnell Hill Briefing Video" by the channel WildlandFireLLC. They had left the black because they were making a bee-line for the Boulder Springs Ranch which was their designated rally point in case they had to cease firefighting activities. Yeah, sure, it wasn't the best of ideas to leave an area that was technically safe in order to go back to the rally point. But contrary to popular myth, they were NOT trying to be risk taking fools and trying to fight a fire that was beyond their capabilities.
This is insanely hard to watch, but thank you for sharing this. It's a learning experience for other crews and if it saves lives, our boys would be proud.
Just hearing Mr. Marsh say things like “we’re in front of the flaming front!” and then when they say we’re burning out around the brush and the escape route had been cut off just consumes you with crazy emotions. Can’t stop thinking about these guys lately. The movie was incredible.
Yep as everyone has pointed out, the initial "Breaking in on Arizona 16," was Jessie Steed The last one, "Division alpha here with Granite Mountain hotshots," was Marsh
The movie was fiction "based" on a true story. The final transmission only deepens the factual mystery. "Escape route blocked......"? No escape route leads from a known safety zone into the fire front. If the crew thought they were on an escape route, what were they escaping from? I'll never understand how a trained hotshot crew would walk into a fire and violate every single facet of the LCES safety guideline while they did it. No one wants to criticize "heroes" and every official who has since the fire has felt the heat themselves, so all criticism has died, even in the final report. And, those who will pay the price of lessons not learned are those who are yet to die. Even the dead have their stories, unless we silence them in order to appear sensitive.
You can sense the tension shoot up when the radio transmission talked about deploying shelter and it stayed that way. God love those men...three years ago and anyone who sees this feels like it is yesterday. Incredibly heartbreaking.
Hearing there last words and last moments and seeing the fire itself and knowing what’s happening to them breaks my heart hard to watch and here my heart goes out to their families
2:40 was literally right before the fire killed them. Absolutely Erie man hearing this. All these years later I still can’t not come back here and watch these videos
They die around, 3:23 you can hear Eric’s radio and again at 4:21 during the burn over. Whether Eric’s finger or body is pressing the button is too sick to think about.
@@saucejohnson9862 no bud not true they died around 430 maybe some of them died instantly the heat would cook there lungs I was there that day with blue ridge hotshots also that's not Eric marshs radio and he only radios in once as divison ALPHA
@@jayrozay8078 could someone could have been signaling with just pressing the radio when they heard aircraft? Not wanting to speak or breath and risk burning up their lungs? Who else was speaking into the radio, Steed?
@@jerryjerrylahngenhairy4724 it was steed he broke in on Arizona 16 and informed they were in front of the flaming front then Robert Caldwell on the radio as GRMnt 7 then last Eric marsh radios in as division alpha and that's where he says yeah I'm here with granite mnt hotshots outs escape route has been cut off .., most of them died the heat over took them some ones finger was on the radio bit the shelters makes it hard to give a signal out
I had just moved to Az from Louisiana at the time. I'd never experienced a fire like that in my life. It was scary and sad to see the sudden and tragic loss of life to both the fire fighters who gave their lives protecting us and the families who lost everything including their loved ones.. We saw multiple fires like this during our stay in Az until we left in 2018. I'm now living in California (due to work) and miss Arizona every single day. I never thought I'd fall in love with a state, but theres no place in the world like it. From below sea level beautiful deserts, to tropical oasis, Arizona has it all.. We lived in the mountains at 6500ft. There was snow on the ground 4-5 months out of the year with average temps in the 70's. It was pure heaven on earth. I learned a lot about nature, the forest, how a pine tree is designed to reproduce after forest fires and most important is it was my job to be a steward of the forest and the land that God made... If you've never been to Sedona, I highly suggest adding it to your bucket list of places to see. It's a truly magical place, as is the rest of Arizona.. God bless that state and God bless the brave men and woman who risk their lives keeping the rest of us safe.
I think the crew did transmit while under the shelters. The problem is that the aluminum shell of the fire shelters is a perfect block to radio-frequency energy, especially on the very or ultra-high frequencies used by the fire service. People who have used the shelters - and survived - have stated that they had to open their shelters and stick the rubber duck antenna into clear air in order to have communication. This is course doesn't factor into anything, but the crew knew where the fire was, how fast it was coming, and how long it took to deploy the shelters. There was time to make that transmission --- it just wasn't heard.
You can hear the mike get keyed multiple times with no voices coming through. And it was in response to questions directed at granite mountain. It's so heartbreaking.. he tried answering them
He’d turn his radio on & submit the transmission where it’s sounds like a jet flying right beside him.. the fire was so crazy he was most likely unable to talk but heard them asking if his team heard a helicopter. The radio would turn on everytime & give a blank transmission probably his way of signalling they heard the plane & helicopter.
video was took near the st joseph shrine nw of yarnell, about 1-1.5 miles east north east of where the granite mountain hot shots were killed. the camera angle pointing towards the fire is looking north, so the granite mountain hot shots would of been 1-1.5 miles off the left hand side of the cameras view of the fire.
You could hear Eric keying the mic when aircraft were above him to indicate he could hear them. Heartbreaking and heroic knowing he did that because he was holding his breath
Definitely the most moving wildland transmission I have heard, but the saddest fire transmission would have to be from 9/11 "Manhattan calling Field Comm.", "Manhattan calling Field Comm.", "Manhattan calling Field Comm.", "Manhattan calling any chief at the World Trade Center." All responses were silence or static.
The pilot was unaware of the trouble is why he asked for the screaming to stop. He was having trouble understanding some transmissions. He had to made aware of Granite Mountain’s trouble and then he understood.
One thing that has always been a point of severe irration, is Bravo 33's blatant disregard for a crew in trouble. The Air-Ground Frequencies are restricted to specific traffic between the aircraft and ground operations. That being said, if a crew in trouble breaks onto ANY frequency declaring an emergency, that INSTANTLY becomes the priority over anything else going on.
Thank you Keith the air control seemed to not really care. He still pisses me off. Also why are they having to reorder the helicopters in? They should already have been going back and forth to fill up
Actually the radioes that the hotshots use are known to have difficulties in coms sometimes i should know my uncle was a hotshot in the same year they died
That last comm, when he says their escape route had been cut off, you can feel a sense of defeat, almost like he doesnt believe what he is having to say. He knows it an unsurvivable situation. Unimaginable.
I wonder though, if the wind didn't blow the fire right over the shelters (by which time they were already under the shelters so wouldn't be able to see whether or not it did), they may have survived, although there's still the question of the toxic chemicals from the fire
@@alex-internetlubber Well if you want to go down the "what if" road... If Eric and Jessie had followed the 10 rules and 18 watch outs then they would have survived.
"ok uh...you just hollored into the radio, I need you to quit..." Wow. What a gutless response to the Granite Mtn Hotshots. No sh*t, Sherlock, these were real men on the ground trying to get your attention. They weren't up in the sky all nice & safe.
Just devastating video 😢😢 in just 4 minutes they’re all gone. It’s hard to process that. I’m sure these guys filming just wanted to run to find them but couldn’t 😔😔 and the silence after
For anyone studying this fire and using Google Earth, I've managed to cross reference the video with Google Earth to attain its GPS location at: -112°45'6.24"W 34°13'35.48"N Google Earth may want it converted to decimal (go figure).
God Damnit This footage makes something inside of my soul break. When you know that by 3 minutes in those brave men were burning to death and they didn't have any clue they would not come out of the other side of it. And in the minutes that follow you can hear the phones ringing off the hook and the radio frequency pick up trying to locate the Granite Mountain Hotshots to locate them in an effort to drop an air attack on their location. I think of the 19 Heros lost and all of the families, loved ones, co-workers and friends of every man lost and I will always keep them in my prayers. RIP GRANITE MOUNTIAN HOTSHOTS
Is the static at 3:22 & 4:21 & the other static from the figherfighters who passed away? Like were they tryna make contact? This is so sad to listen to :-(
LexieBree Eastough - Radio signals travel very poorly through the foil of a fire shelter. Those static bursts may have been from Division Alpha (in a fire shelter) trying to make contact with Bravo 33, the aircraft that Division Alpha had just been communicating with. Heartbreaking.
In my opinion I felt like that was Eric Marsh trying to signal the aircrafts.. but was already being burnt alive and couldn’t speak because his lungs cooked up.
At 4:20 when the pilot radioed in these guys were in the fire, this is why each crew needs a working GPS system. Track the gps drop water on it, these guys could if had a very good chance
I was hoping someone would make a logical leap that “if Eric is in front of flaming front” and was back in the black just moments before, where would he probably be headed to where he could possibly get himself trapped (toward the ranch, safety zone) .. why didn’t they drop all their repellent right there in the valley just ahead of where the fire crossed the ranch ?? I don’t know the area other than google maps, but seems like they could have made an educated guess by means of deduction.
@Tim Shearer you’re right, I’ve since learned a lot more about this.. seems like the movie unfairly took some responsibility off of Eric’s shoulders, and gave air support more of a bad image than they probably deserved.
@trippythoughts8657 Wrong... so wrong... They had a spotter earlier in the day but he almost died and was rescued by another supervisor. Eric was traveling from the black without a spotter.
@@trippythoughts8657their spotter had already left his position due to a fire trigger point that necessitated him to move, which was known and communicated. They went without a spotter.
@@HondoSauce it's still the same thing... Eric broke basic firefighting rules... He lost sight of the fire. It was his mistake and he killed those guys.
3:22 and 4:21 I don't think they survived passed those static bursts. Flames where reportedly close to 60ft long and coming in damn near horizontal. Their shelters would melt quickly exposing them immediately to temperatures up to 2000F. They didn't suffer long.
Seventy Two I think the senior guys did that I think only 8 were found inside their shelters. It’s possible the fire got to them that fast we’ll never know. But I think the senior guys did that take a deep breath and go fast.
One of the most heartbreaking videos I have ever seen. It ranks up there with the "station fire" video. If you are not familiar with the "station fire" just type that in and watch. over 100 people burned alive in a night club.
The fire was burning 3x hotter than what the heat shields could take. (Only the brave) Shows a brief scene of them when the medic finds them with all heat shields intact, sadly all of shields were vaporized by the flames and wind. They found 5 fragments of shield no bigger than a baseballs crumpled up. When their brothers found them, they had to leave the scene alone (Undisturbed) till the sheriff could come and photograph the scene the following morning. As they slept next to the site they heard the radios going off from their fallen family members, they discussed turning them off but decided against it, they had to preserve the scene, but how awful and haunting that must have been for those men sleeping there, any radio noise would trigger the worst PTSD. I so badly wish i could go back in time and scream at this guys to "RUN" Everything they knew about those shelters was working against them that day. They had no idea
Running wouldn't have helped one bit. They were trapped in a box canyon with fire moving up towards them. As slim as the chances of survival in the shelters was, it was the best chance, there was no outrunning the fire. Horrible tragedy, especially as there was no way out once they descended into the canyon.
@@GamingPro-py8vt Your speculating, but what is FACT, they died using the shelters. And there wasn't a "slim" chance, they had 0% chance. So before you speculate, save us the trouble, we know what failed, what we don't know is if they could have escaped if they ran.
@@MerchantIvoryfilms interesting detail regarding the aftermath and fellow fighters staying by the bodies waiting for the shelters, where did you read it? Additionally when the wind direction switched, it was heading towards their only escape path, the fire was traveling at 15 mph or 22 feet per second. No one can outrun this. The only way they would have made it out is if the fire direction didn’t change, and no one can control this either.
@@user-se2xg7tq5u The official report has all the info, along with several interviews with the crew that found them. As for them escaping, they were not "trapped" They could have easily run the way they came back up the mountain. Now, with that said, yes the fire might have still killed them, but its a fighting chance, and if you look at the hill, its not very big, nor were they very far, 300 yards max. Also bare in mind they had about 2 minutes before the fire him their position, in that time they could have lengthened the time before the fire hit, 3-4 which could have been enough time. So there was a chance, however, their training states that runners die, which is true. Those who use shelters stand a better chance. Also another fire was reported by one firefighter who was in his shelter as the flames surrounded him as absolute torture. He even gave serious thought into just coming out of the shelter and inhaling flame to end it all. This interview shocked me and gives you a pretty awful idea of what very possible some of these AZ shots did...Horrible way to go. So when i say i wish i could go back in time, i really mean it because 1% chance is better than 0%.
After Eric said he’d call them back when they are under shelters - I believe just a minute later when you heard moments of loud static - was that call from Eric. Too much noise and turbulence outside the shelters, so his voice couldn’t get through. I just can’t imagine the fear and agony he must have been in at the time, he just had to have known he had just killed all his boys.
The radios dont transmit under the shelters. The shelters block transmissions. You have to stick the antenna out from under the shelter to get them to work.
I know this is a year old. But Eric never made under his shelter. He stayed in command until he was struck down. Only seven fully deployed, a few Partially deployed and the rest didn’t. Now they all pulled there shelters but not all made it in. This has stuck with me for along time seeing the deployment site phots,autopsy reports etc. I kinda of obsess over it a little to much. But I just wish I could have some how saved them.
I think that’s a really rotten thing to say. He did not kill those men. This was a horrible accident- he could not have known how the winds turned - listen at 9:53- the wind shifted
@@susanjenkins6893 totally agree. brendan mcdonough himself said in his book that if the situation had looked truly dangerous when they left the black, they wouldn’t have done it. it wasn’t a decision made by only one man. there were many experienced men on that crew. chris mackenzie had been in the business for a decade. there’s nobody left alive to prove who exactly ordered that they shortcut through the brush but the blame game is a sick thing to play when they all met such terrible ends.
@@bethsemane69930 if you go down the comments a few to “Michael Madia” one of the Blue Ridge Hotshots, Julian Smith, was on scene and actually provides a lot of info in some of the comments about what exactly was going on that day. That crew was there looking for GM and waiting to hear from Eric. Just a terrible, terrible tragedy.
Jesus I wonder how the people who filmed this feel now knowing that hearing those chainsaws was the hotshots desperately fighting for their life to make a safe zone, they sounded so close
"ill call you when im under the shelter" the last words spoken on radio from the granite mountain hotshots. One can only speculate at their final moments. We as firefighters hope they were praying together under those shelters. Maybe even counting off numbers. It tears me up everytime.
They were burning alive in agony. I watched plenty of immolation casualties, it's not pleasant to say the least. All 19 of them freaking out watching each burn alive. Terrible and even worse decision making. This wasn't just bad luck, pure incompetence.
@@gc99289 you're partly right. emotion clouded their judgement. speculation was not on the agonizing burning part. it was more about what they were doing. when we go under shelters. we train to count by numbers.
4:23, he was still alive and the radio sound is him trying to respond but no audio coming through due to the bunker he was in blocking off the radio frequencies.
Different type of fire. This was a brush fire in the 🏜 where everything is dry and winds were gusting that day. Trouble can happen so fast under these conditions.
I watched the movie and loved it 1 of my favorites ever its ashamed at the end the credits rolled they only showed about 5 seconds of every one of the granite mountain hotshots. I would have liked to seen at least 30 seconds for each guy with pictures .it just seems they forced it into the credits
I watched it yesterday and the tears were rolling down fast. As they did when i watched the Memorial Service back in 2013. Brendon the young hotshot on lookout, i cant believe how he must have felt, and im sure still does. Only thing to know is that God was with all of them when they died and soon after in Heaven.
The survivor said that that they seen the new direction of the flames but carried on anyway. Should have quit and forget trying to be heroes. Poor decision making.
Still wish i new what made them decide to go down into that shallow but dangerous ravine? Sure way to get ambushed and surrounded by that fire with no where to go. Sad , sad day, my heart goes out to the families.
Tshering Sherpa You misunderstood. It was not to protect it. It was a safe zone. They actually left a safe zone to enter a box canyon with no line of sight on the fire to get to that ranch. A very tragic mistake.
My husband was with blue ridge hot shots that day 1 week later he quit he still til this day can't get the picture of the deployment site out of his head he suffers from severe PTSD, BUT it's working on getting back with the forest service 10 years later
Dear Lord keep these brave men close for they gave the ultimate scarfice. May they all find peace with the Lord and my their families hearts heal knowing they all are in Heaven.
It’s very difficult to like this video, because of the tragedy, but knowing what was going on behind the scenes to try to save these brave, wild fire guys is amazing, There’s at least seven wildfire family members who have been doing that for many years within my close family I have so much on respect for those hard-working men and women
I hate to discuss this on this video, but I feel like it has to be said. Super heated fumes from a fire that massive killed them all instantly. People who have had to deploy in the field stated that it felt like a vacuum was sucking their shelters into the fire, so it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume their shelters got taken by the wind after they passed and before the fire passed them.
not true , dont tell nothing you dont know a cpl of the didnt deploy but they didnt have there hands over there heads trust me i was there im a blue ridge hotshot squadboss my old supe picked up brenden
@@susanjenkins6893 what really hurts is when people make up there own explanations or like fake media , it really pisses me of i worked with granite mountain we were almost always called out together both AZ hotshots , i heard and saw and know every lil bit of truth and it sucks when people run there lips about ur falling brothers its kind of a disgrace to them cause you have no idea what ur talking about the people that think they do where you there on that day ?
@@juliansmith7171 you know truth and you know what happened that day. I’m very sorry for the loss of your brothers, and thank you for your service- you are all heroes
This is all soo very eerie and disturbing! Some idiot telling them to stop shouting in the radio when their in severe distress!! Nobody knowing where the hell GM Hotshots are exactly to freakin help them...And no one catching a clue in all this time w/ absolutely no response, they might be dead!?! This tragedy never should have happend 😢 ~God rest their souls~🕊🌲🐻🔥🚒🌲🇺🇸
@@MrChipmaster21 I know. I mean that's what the guy in the background said at my time stamp. If you listen carefully, right after Marsh transmits, another hotshot in the background goes, "what the hell was that?"
That’s interesting I never thought about that originally when I watch the video I always thought that all three were were Eric but now that you said that it makes me wanna go back and watch it and really listen
@@MrChipmaster21 there's a difference in voices between the first and third one. The second could be the same as the third, but the first voice is definitely different. I had heard, and not sure how true this is, that Marsh was scouting ahead and heard steed on the radio and ran back
It has to be lightweight. David Turbyfills father has dedicated a big portion of his life to creating a better one. He's got some videos up on UA-cam of them testing it.
Probably..........impatient. The winds (perhaps) had shifted and gave these men a false sense of security. Leaving the black area (safety zone) without air support would mean they were (at that time) confident the winds were working in their favor. However, the winds changed.
@@babybrat2958 Even if they did, this happened in minutes. There wasn't enough time for them to do anything else.
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We can all say what we would have done None of us were there I believe all the boys a hero they were all fighting fire say what you want but you wasn't there
all the static was Marsh trying to reply to radio transmission from under the shelter, but unable to get signal because of the foil lined shelters. Sad. Last KNOWN radio transmissions from GMIHC is what’s recorded
Marsh never made in his shelter. Only 7 of them did. A few were half way deployed. And the rest didn’t. I have the drawing where each one was found and if the were in a shelter or not. They got over ran going to Prescott June 30 th this year hopefully.
Predominant cause of entrapments are fire crews working in mountainous terrain, uphill from a fire, when a sudden upslope fire run entrapped them. Data shows that about 80% of the fatalities on fires from 1990 to 2013, due to entrapments, occurred due to the situation of firefighters working upslope from a fire. This situation was repeated on the YH fire. The GMIHC was working upslope from the fire, when thunderstorm winds turned the winds and pushed the flames to the south, and the flames channeled up mountain canyons and slopes enveloping the crew.
I knew they were surprised by the fire but I was shockeed that only 4 had fully deployed, most hadn't put their gloves on in prep for deployment and one had not evven begun to deploy before being struck down. Horrible. I cannot fathom the realization of their predicament.
I understand that it is hectic but really telling the gun whatever unit is hollering in the radio to quit. Really dude wake up hes screaming because hes in trouble pay attention.
I read the first voice was Steed and then Caldwell. But yeah DIVS A is Marsh. He was apparently scouting ahead at the time and ran back when he saw the front, this "yeah I'm here with the granite mountain hotshots" line.
@@greatestever184 he was suppose to be at the ranch with 3 Sawyer's then ran back when 7 broke in and said there were in front the flaming front I read in the Áz article
@@ashleyjackson4012 that doesn't make much sense to me that he was at the ranch. Wouldn't he have to run through the fire to get to them? Also the ranch owners never said he was there. I fully believe he was scouting elsewhere and ran back, just not at the ranch.
@@greatestever184 if you watch or read the yarnell hill fire investigation you would here it also at the beginning when Jesse steed broke in on the radio Marsh wasent with them he was scouting ahead the boulder spring ranch owners weren't there at that time now when Marsh radio in he says yeah I'm here with the granite mountain hotshots exc exc he was at the ranch when Jesse steed broke in on the radio he ran back to them with the flaming front in his rear just watch the yarnell hill incident report
@@ashleyjackson4012 yes they were. They interviewed the ranch owners. They were at the ranch when the fire blew over them because they had just got their animals in their shelters and made it inside just seconds before it blew over them.
Is Division Alpha Bravo 33 Granite Mountain Hot Shots? I cant imagine the fear when they're not answering. I hope new shelters have been developed to prevent a tragedy like this from ever happening again.
Communication here was the biggest issue. I still don't think that portable repeaters are the best option for wildland firefighters and had a better radio system been in place the communication would have been clearer and better understood, maybe buying these guys some time and saving lives.
Quite often portable repeaters are the ONLY option. You can not predict where a fire is, and can not afford to build a radio network that will guarantee portable, on belt coverage every where. Portable repeaters are effective because they give you coverage where you need it. Fixed infrastructure can't be changed, and can't be moved to improve coverage. A/G(Air to Ground) is a simplex frequency btw
Whoever's hollering on the radio stop!! Wtf they are the calmest people alive if their yelling theres a problem a big problem god damn man i know nothing about firefighting but i know enough that he wouldn't be yelling like that unless it was a dire situation
It’s been 6 years and I still can’t watch the movie and these videos without breaking down. I miss you Wade Scott Parker, you were an amazing big brother figure to me and you were such a strong leader of Christ to those around you💜
zoe dockstader it’s sad to know this happened. My the 19 rest in God’s kingdom ❤️
They will always be heros
I went to high school with yoir brother. Your fsther was my fire instructor in Chino
It makes me so happy to hear that he was a Born again Christian. As a Christian I know the only way to Heaven is by accepting JESUS but the BIBLE/GOD's Word does say HE will judge those who lay down their lives for their friends differently and I Hope and Trust that means accepting them except for those who have clearly rejected HIM like Eric as a Buddhist. Unfortunately I feel he is lost although he would be less severely judged than most. I know people will hate Christians for saying the truth but our choices in this life have real Eternal consequences of our own choosing.
@@robertdoell4321keep your religious
BS to yourself, especially on this post. Every single one of them are at peace and it’s disgusting you’d say otherwise.
Every June, I come back to pay my respects, every June, I tear up and no one here at the office can understand why. I used to be an army firefighter 2 decades ago, now just another vollunteer, the bond is real, Rest in Peace brave souls, the firefighters of the Greek 1st Army Aviation Brigade we salute you!
I live in the Uk and since watching Only the Brave it has made me research into all these brave guys and girls who put their lives on the line ,we don't hear much of this news over here ---so many have died over the years --my thoughts go out to all firefighters around the World.
RIP Granite Hotshots. Thank you for your service
Service... like they are in the military or something.
It's difficult to find fault with heroes, but examining their actions saves other lives. Long ago the fire service wrote a list of safety DO's and DONT's that has saved lives since - if complied with. These fellows seemed to be intent on breaking the entire list. You don't move from a safe zone into an unburned or underburned fire fuel area unless the fire's actions are being directly observed either by you, or an overwatch who is in direct communication with you. You also don't move anywhere without notifying the fire command, and you must always know your location. In short you have to always know where the fire is at and what it is doing, know where you are at and what you are doing, and make sure that everyone else knows what you know. The crew followed none of the rules and it cost them their lives. The movie glossed over all the failings. Failing to objectively identify and disseminate the findings to other firefighters out of respect for the fallen and their families is the recipe for more deaths. Fortunately, the wildland fire service has a system to privately critique such accidents and learn from them.
Very low humidity, flashy fuels, high temperatures, and a wind shift are all dangerous fire weather conditions that can catch a firefighter by surprise. RIP My Brothers!!! ✝️
I can't imagine a more horrifying way to die. I have the utmost respect for first responders, wildland firefighters, and everyone else who puts themselves in harm's way to help his fellow man. RIP
knowing that they were passing away while this video was being recorded is hard to watch.
It took air attack 1 second to realize Granite Mountain was in trouble, it took Ops 3 minutes to realize Granite Mountain was in trouble. But for some reason Granite Mountain has to go through Ops to request air attack. They need an emergency call like “Alamo” where everyone shuts up on comms except air attack and the unit in trouble and air attack dumps everything it has on the flames. Yes, just like a war zone. Ops severely fucked up.
I understand what you mean but at the same time this isn’t a firefight with the taliban. By the time they told ops they were in trouble it was too late. You can’t lay suppressing fire on a wildfire to stop it, you can’t hide from it, if it’s coming towards you at the speed the fire was there is nothing you can do.
steed broke in on the IC frequency and we do have a emc its called mayday but the fire blocked out the radio signals watch the lessons learned video plus i was there with blue ridge my first year!
As a firefighter we do have a word it’s called mayday.
GM f’d up too. Earlier they had checked in as being in a safe area, then decided to move out to protect some structures without informing anyone. It was a series of terrible mistakes that led to these brave men’s lives being lost.
@@aliciaanderson873 you know not one fucking thing ! where you there that day >?i was and i heard granite mountains crew radios from donuts when me and my supe picked him up they were asked to go protect structures ! by ops steed replied by saying negative thats not the reason the left the black and well never know why some say eric wanted to go to the ranch theres a lil audio between eric and steed aruguing weather to leave the black or not but us HOTSHOTS arent gonna let or own backyard burn!
OMG! That's so insane that the fire can cut them off that fast and there's no way out!!! Rest In Peace you guys are truly amazing and will be missed.
I agree the yarnell hill fire when it had trapped the hotshots had winds of 56 mph
subto pewdiepie they left the black and entered a box canyon. You can hear several men just shocked they were still in there and had moved from the black.
it was moving 12 mph. you cant outrun that long in smoke and equipment. plus they are trained in worst case to make a shelter with a heat sheild. direct flame will melt them.
@@Tarheel13 Watch the video "Yarnell Hill Briefing Video" by the channel WildlandFireLLC. They had left the black because they were making a bee-line for the Boulder Springs Ranch which was their designated rally point in case they had to cease firefighting activities. Yeah, sure, it wasn't the best of ideas to leave an area that was technically safe in order to go back to the rally point. But contrary to popular myth, they were NOT trying to be risk taking fools and trying to fight a fire that was beyond their capabilities.
@@Tarheel13had to have been "instructed" since none of their actions make any sense
This is insanely hard to watch, but thank you for sharing this. It's a learning experience for other crews and if it saves lives, our boys would be proud.
Just hearing Mr. Marsh say things like “we’re in front of the flaming front!” and then when they say we’re burning out around the brush and the escape route had been cut off just consumes you with crazy emotions. Can’t stop thinking about these guys lately. The movie was incredible.
Steed was the one who made the initial radio transmissions.
The first transmission was Jesse Steed, the last few were Marsh.
@@mikeggg1979 steed Caldwell then Marsh made the transmissions
Yep as everyone has pointed out, the initial "Breaking in on Arizona 16," was Jessie Steed
The last one, "Division alpha here with Granite Mountain hotshots," was Marsh
The movie was fiction "based" on a true story. The final transmission only deepens the factual mystery. "Escape route blocked......"? No escape route leads from a known safety zone into the fire front. If the crew thought they were on an escape route, what were they escaping from? I'll never understand how a trained hotshot crew would walk into a fire and violate every single facet of the LCES safety guideline while they did it. No one wants to criticize "heroes" and every official who has since the fire has felt the heat themselves, so all criticism has died, even in the final report. And, those who will pay the price of lessons not learned are those who are yet to die. Even the dead have their stories, unless we silence them in order to appear sensitive.
You can sense the tension shoot up when the radio transmission talked about deploying shelter and it stayed that way. God love those men...three years ago and anyone who sees this feels like it is yesterday. Incredibly heartbreaking.
Hearing there last words and last moments and seeing the fire itself and knowing what’s happening to them breaks my heart hard to watch and here my heart goes out to their families
2:40 was literally right before the fire killed them. Absolutely Erie man hearing this. All these years later I still can’t not come back here and watch these videos
They die around, 3:23 you can hear Eric’s radio and again at 4:21 during the burn over. Whether Eric’s finger or body is pressing the button is too sick to think about.
@@saucejohnson9862 are you sure?? Omg, I feel. sick just thinking about it
@@saucejohnson9862 no bud not true they died around 430 maybe some of them died instantly the heat would cook there lungs I was there that day with blue ridge hotshots also that's not Eric marshs radio and he only radios in once as divison ALPHA
@@jayrozay8078 could someone could have been signaling with just pressing the radio when they heard aircraft? Not wanting to speak or breath and risk burning up their lungs? Who else was speaking into the radio, Steed?
@@jerryjerrylahngenhairy4724 it was steed he broke in on Arizona 16 and informed they were in front of the flaming front then Robert Caldwell on the radio as GRMnt 7 then last Eric marsh radios in as division alpha and that's where he says yeah I'm here with granite mnt hotshots outs escape route has been cut off .., most of them died the heat over took them some ones finger was on the radio bit the shelters makes it hard to give a signal out
I had just moved to Az from Louisiana at the time. I'd never experienced a fire like that in my life. It was scary and sad to see the sudden and tragic loss of life to both the fire fighters who gave their lives protecting us and the families who lost everything including their loved ones.. We saw multiple fires like this during our stay in Az until we left in 2018. I'm now living in California (due to work) and miss Arizona every single day. I never thought I'd fall in love with a state, but theres no place in the world like it. From below sea level beautiful deserts, to tropical oasis, Arizona has it all.. We lived in the mountains at 6500ft. There was snow on the ground 4-5 months out of the year with average temps in the 70's. It was pure heaven on earth. I learned a lot about nature, the forest, how a pine tree is designed to reproduce after forest fires and most important is it was my job to be a steward of the forest and the land that God made... If you've never been to Sedona, I highly suggest adding it to your bucket list of places to see. It's a truly magical place, as is the rest of Arizona..
God bless that state and God bless the brave men and woman who risk their lives keeping the rest of us safe.
8 years ago today. It’s all then been on my mind. Never forget you guys.
Wow...so ominous with the wind in the trees...all the smoke...orange sky. Little windchime bells. Very unsettling.
I think the crew did transmit while under the shelters. The problem is that the aluminum shell of the fire shelters is a perfect block to radio-frequency energy, especially on the very or ultra-high frequencies used by the fire service. People who have used the shelters - and survived - have stated that they had to open their shelters and stick the rubber duck antenna into clear air in order to have communication. This is course doesn't factor into anything, but the crew knew where the fire was, how fast it was coming, and how long it took to deploy the shelters. There was time to make that transmission --- it just wasn't heard.
You can hear the mike get keyed multiple times with no voices coming through. And it was in response to questions directed at granite mountain. It's so heartbreaking.. he tried answering them
Surprised the OPS don’t have a volume control for voice transmissions..
He’d turn his radio on & submit the transmission where it’s sounds like a jet flying right beside him.. the fire was so crazy he was most likely unable to talk but heard them asking if his team heard a helicopter. The radio would turn on everytime & give a blank transmission probably his way of signalling they heard the plane & helicopter.
Last transmission was between 4:00 & 5:00
video was took near the st joseph shrine nw of yarnell, about 1-1.5 miles east north east of where the granite mountain hot shots were killed. the camera angle pointing towards the fire is looking north, so the granite mountain hot shots would of been 1-1.5 miles off the left hand side of the cameras view of the fire.
You could hear Eric keying the mic when aircraft were above him to indicate he could hear them. Heartbreaking and heroic knowing he did that because he was holding his breath
Yeah that’s what I was thinking he couldn’t talk because he either was out of oxygen or it hurt to even breath in so he just keyed the radio
Just a sick feeling watching this every time. I can't pray enough for the 19 lost and their families. Gut wrenching
@Moctezuma Monteon just erie in a way. Hard to describe.
Hearing Eric say A-Firm! You can just hear the stress and fear in his voice.
2:20 in. Saddest transmission Ive heard.
Definitely the most moving wildland transmission I have heard, but the saddest fire transmission would have to be from 9/11 "Manhattan calling Field Comm.", "Manhattan calling Field Comm.", "Manhattan calling Field Comm.", "Manhattan calling any chief at the World Trade Center." All responses were silence or static.
Oh man.
My God.
henrifirstman soo much went wrong that day...rip to the 19 WARRIORS that died that day
Danny Branderson no its not, this is the real transmission from the hotshots last moments, show some fucking respect
The pilot was unaware of the trouble is why he asked for the screaming to stop. He was having trouble understanding some transmissions. He had to made aware of Granite Mountain’s trouble and then he understood.
@Danny Dolan 😂
One thing that has always been a point of severe irration, is Bravo 33's blatant disregard for a crew in trouble. The Air-Ground Frequencies are restricted to specific traffic between the aircraft and ground operations. That being said, if a crew in trouble breaks onto ANY frequency declaring an emergency, that INSTANTLY becomes the priority over anything else going on.
That's always bothered me too.
They should have never left the black
Thank you Keith the air control seemed to not really care. He still pisses me off. Also why are they having to reorder the helicopters in? They should already have been going back and forth to fill up
Actually the radioes that the hotshots use are known to have difficulties in coms sometimes i should know my uncle was a hotshot in the same year they died
Also bravo 33 was the granite mountain hotshot
Thats so awful he knew it was over :( this is beyond horrible I just can't get over all of it. Those poor men 💔
That last comm, when he says their escape route had been cut off, you can feel a sense of defeat, almost like he doesnt believe what he is having to say. He knows it an unsurvivable situation. Unimaginable.
I wonder though, if the wind didn't blow the fire right over the shelters (by which time they were already under the shelters so wouldn't be able to see whether or not it did), they may have survived, although there's still the question of the toxic chemicals from the fire
@@alex-internetlubber Well if you want to go down the "what if" road... If Eric and Jessie had followed the 10 rules and 18 watch outs then they would have survived.
there's a video uploaded here where they where exclaiming how when recovering the bodied they where burnt @@alex-internetlubber
@@inthedarkwoods2022 can you explain how Eric and Jessie didn’t follow them?
4:21 those men were dying at that very moment. tragic.
"ok uh...you just hollored into the radio, I need you to quit..." Wow. What a gutless response to the Granite Mtn Hotshots. No sh*t, Sherlock, these were real men on the ground trying to get your attention. They weren't up in the sky all nice & safe.
I agree...that guy is a complete douche!
My thoughts exactly
Exactly...
He couldn’t understand them.
@@babybrat2958 he heard them. Sh*t, everyone in the valley heard them who had a radio.
Line Out In Peace Granite Mountain Hotshots, the best of the best. much respect from a alaskan wildland ff
Just devastating video 😢😢 in just 4 minutes they’re all gone. It’s hard to process that. I’m sure these guys filming just wanted to run to find them but couldn’t 😔😔 and the silence after
No words can express this loss.
For anyone studying this fire and using Google Earth, I've managed to cross reference the video with Google Earth to attain its GPS location at:
-112°45'6.24"W
34°13'35.48"N
Google Earth may want it converted to decimal (go figure).
This video was filmed on Shrine Rd. So, GM was just south west of where these guys were at. It's obvious nobody knew where GM was at.
“This ain’t good.” “No, he’s screamin.” Damn, those guys knew instantly.
God Damnit
This footage makes something inside of my soul break. When you know that by 3 minutes in those brave men were burning to death and they didn't have any clue they would not come out of the other side of it. And in the minutes that follow you can hear the phones ringing off the hook and the radio frequency pick up trying to locate the Granite Mountain Hotshots to locate them in an effort to drop an air attack on their location. I think of the 19 Heros lost and all of the families, loved ones,
co-workers and friends of every man lost and I will always keep them in my prayers.
RIP GRANITE MOUNTIAN HOTSHOTS
If you are using God name's in vain then something in your soul is already broken.
@@inthedarkwoods2022🐑
I can't stop crying 😢 this has hit my heart so hard 💔 😢 😭😭
Are you still crying
Is the static at 3:22 & 4:21 & the other static from the figherfighters who passed away? Like were they tryna make contact? This is so sad to listen to :-(
there's no way to tell, the Bendix King radios aren't set up to run MDC or any radio ID
LexieBree Eastough yeah they went into a canyon and trapped themselves
LexieBree Eastough - Radio signals travel very poorly through the foil of a fire shelter. Those static bursts may have been from Division Alpha (in a fire shelter) trying to make contact with Bravo 33, the aircraft that Division Alpha had just been communicating with. Heartbreaking.
No. They were all found in the same area partially or fully covered by their shelters. Nobody ran.
Leo Hill thats completely false. They stayed side by side the whole time. Not one of these men jumped and ran.
4:30 He could only hold the button down because he was burning alive and suffocating.. so sad...I now am sorry i watched this..
😢
In my opinion I felt like that was Eric Marsh trying to signal the aircrafts.. but was already being burnt alive and couldn’t speak because his lungs cooked up.
At 4:20 when the pilot radioed in these guys were in the fire, this is why each crew needs a working GPS system. Track the gps drop water on it, these guys could if had a very good chance
Little Fox Exactly man!
I was hoping someone would make a logical leap that “if Eric is in front of flaming front” and was back in the black just moments before, where would he probably be headed to where he could possibly get himself trapped (toward the ranch, safety zone) .. why didn’t they drop all their repellent right there in the valley just ahead of where the fire crossed the ranch ??
I don’t know the area other than google maps, but seems like they could have made an educated guess by means of deduction.
Little Fox - oxygen would not be a good idea however gps may be a good option.
@Tim Shearer you’re right, I’ve since learned a lot more about this.. seems like the movie unfairly took some responsibility off of Eric’s shoulders, and gave air support more of a bad image than they probably deserved.
Little Fox oxygen in a fire with excessive heat?
Braver than I’ll ever be. RIP
....and what you hear at 4:22 is one of those poor souls transmitting from inside a fire shelter........
Never heard that
It is? I'm not so sure. If no one responds to a call I'm pretty sure that's what you'd here. It could be one of the men but it seems unlikely
They were all dead by 7:14 if not sooner. How terrible that they were trapped so quickly with no escape.
Yes because the static is from fire ruining coms links
@@joshuas.686 You are wrong that is someone trying to talk but the fire was obliviously already over there shelters an ruined coms
I spent a couple years on the Coconino about this time . I don't why I went down this rabbit hole but it hurt me. We knew them. We miss them.
God bless those that you left behind you live in my heart forever
GODSPEED GRANITE MOUNTAIN HOTSHOTS! MAY YOU ALLLL LIVE FOREVER! MUCh LOVE n MADD MOTHRFKN RESPECT YALL💯
Eric should have never taken them down a box canyon without a spotter
i believe they had a spotter and he was the only survivor of the team.
@trippythoughts8657 Wrong... so wrong... They had a spotter earlier in the day but he almost died and was rescued by another supervisor. Eric was traveling from the black without a spotter.
@@trippythoughts8657their spotter had already left his position due to a fire trigger point that necessitated him to move, which was known and communicated. They went without a spotter.
@@BSmithPPGCorect. And it’s called a lookout, not a spotter.
@@HondoSauce it's still the same thing... Eric broke basic firefighting rules... He lost sight of the fire. It was his mistake and he killed those guys.
So tragic. Bless their hearts.
3:22 and 4:21 I don't think they survived passed those static bursts. Flames where reportedly close to 60ft long and coming in damn near horizontal. Their shelters would melt quickly exposing them immediately to temperatures up to 2000F. They didn't suffer long.
Seventy Two I think the senior guys did that I think only 8 were found inside their shelters. It’s possible the fire got to them that fast we’ll never know. But I think the senior guys did that take a deep breath and go fast.
There's definitely a voice in the 3:22 one. It sounds a little like Marsh. Some sound engineer should isolate it and try to see what it's saying
@@greatestever184 wait wow there actually was a voice in that
So heart breaking 😭😭😭may they rest in paradise
RIP to The Granite Mountain Hotshots
One of the most heartbreaking videos I have ever seen. It ranks up there with the "station fire" video. If you are not familiar with the "station fire" just type that in and watch. over 100 people burned alive in a night club.
The fire was burning 3x hotter than what the heat shields could take.
(Only the brave) Shows a brief scene of them when the medic finds them with all heat shields intact, sadly all of shields were vaporized by the flames and wind. They found 5 fragments of shield no bigger than a baseballs crumpled up.
When their brothers found them, they had to leave the scene alone (Undisturbed) till the sheriff could come and photograph the scene the following morning. As they slept next to the site they heard the radios going off from their fallen family members, they discussed turning them off but decided against it, they had to preserve the scene, but how awful and haunting that must have been for those men sleeping there, any radio noise would trigger the worst PTSD.
I so badly wish i could go back in time and scream at this guys to "RUN" Everything they knew about those shelters was working against them that day. They had no idea
Running wouldn't have helped one bit. They were trapped in a box canyon with fire moving up towards them. As slim as the chances of survival in the shelters was, it was the best chance, there was no outrunning the fire. Horrible tragedy, especially as there was no way out once they descended into the canyon.
@@GamingPro-py8vt Your speculating, but what is FACT, they died using the shelters. And there wasn't a "slim" chance, they had 0% chance. So before you speculate, save us the trouble, we know what failed, what we don't know is if they could have escaped if they ran.
@@MerchantIvoryfilms interesting detail regarding the aftermath and fellow fighters staying by the bodies waiting for the shelters, where did you read it?
Additionally when the wind direction switched, it was heading towards their only escape path, the fire was traveling at 15 mph or 22 feet per second. No one can outrun this. The only way they would have made it out is if the fire direction didn’t change, and no one can control this either.
@@user-se2xg7tq5u The official report has all the info, along with several interviews with the crew that found them.
As for them escaping, they were not "trapped" They could have easily run the way they came back up the mountain. Now, with that said, yes the fire might have still killed them, but its a fighting chance, and if you look at the hill, its not very big, nor were they very far, 300 yards max.
Also bare in mind they had about 2 minutes before the fire him their position, in that time they could have lengthened the time before the fire hit, 3-4 which could have been enough time. So there was a chance, however, their training states that runners die, which is true. Those who use shelters stand a better chance.
Also another fire was reported by one firefighter who was in his shelter as the flames surrounded him as absolute torture. He even gave serious thought into just coming out of the shelter and inhaling flame to end it all. This interview shocked me and gives you a pretty awful idea of what very possible some of these AZ shots did...Horrible way to go.
So when i say i wish i could go back in time, i really mean it because 1% chance is better than 0%.
Help was very late☹️😞🥺
This is tough.
After Eric said he’d call them back when they are under shelters - I believe just a minute later when you heard moments of loud static - was that call from Eric. Too much noise and turbulence outside the shelters, so his voice couldn’t get through. I just can’t imagine the fear and agony he must have been in at the time, he just had to have known he had just killed all his boys.
The radios dont transmit under the shelters. The shelters block transmissions. You have to stick the antenna out from under the shelter to get them to work.
I know this is a year old. But Eric never made under his shelter. He stayed in command until he was struck down. Only seven fully deployed, a few Partially deployed and the rest didn’t. Now they all pulled there shelters but not all made it in. This has stuck with me for along time seeing the deployment site phots,autopsy reports etc. I kinda of obsess over it a little to much. But I just wish I could have some how saved them.
I think that’s a really rotten thing to say. He did not kill those men. This was a horrible accident- he could not have known how the winds turned - listen at 9:53- the wind shifted
@@susanjenkins6893 totally agree. brendan mcdonough himself said in his book that if the situation had looked truly dangerous when they left the black, they wouldn’t have done it. it wasn’t a decision made by only one man. there were many experienced men on that crew. chris mackenzie had been in the business for a decade. there’s nobody left alive to prove who exactly ordered that they shortcut through the brush but the blame game is a sick thing to play when they all met such terrible ends.
@@bethsemane69930 if you go down the comments a few to “Michael Madia” one of the Blue Ridge Hotshots, Julian Smith, was on scene and actually provides a lot of info in some of the comments about what exactly was going on that day. That crew was there looking for GM and waiting to hear from Eric. Just a terrible, terrible tragedy.
Jesus I wonder how the people who filmed this feel now knowing that hearing those chainsaws was the hotshots desperately fighting for their life to make a safe zone, they sounded so close
The saws they hear are background noise heard over the radio.
"ill call you when im under the shelter" the last words spoken on radio from the granite mountain hotshots. One can only speculate at their final moments. We as firefighters hope they were praying together under those shelters. Maybe even counting off numbers. It tears me up everytime.
They were burning alive in agony. I watched plenty of immolation casualties, it's not pleasant to say the least. All 19 of them freaking out watching each burn alive. Terrible and even worse decision making. This wasn't just bad luck, pure incompetence.
@@gc99289 you're partly right. emotion clouded their judgement. speculation was not on the agonizing burning part. it was more about what they were doing. when we go under shelters. we train to count by numbers.
@@gc99289 how ? What did they do wrong ?
4:23, he was still alive and the radio sound is him trying to respond but no audio coming through due to the bunker he was in blocking off the radio frequencies.
People have said Eric never deployed his shelter yet I don't know who else would have had the radio, maybe Jesse
i was on tahoe hotshots for a couple seasons. takes little time for trouble to happen
Where in Tahoe did you work?
I agree brother i was on lone peak ihc for about 4 years
As a tahoeian I am greatful and thank you for your service.
Different type of fire. This was a brush fire in the 🏜 where everything is dry and winds were gusting that day. Trouble can happen so fast under these conditions.
I watched the movie and loved it 1 of my favorites ever its ashamed at the end the credits rolled they only showed about 5 seconds of every one of the granite mountain hotshots. I would have liked to seen at least 30 seconds for each guy with pictures .it just seems they forced it into the credits
I watched it yesterday and the tears were rolling down fast. As they did when i watched the Memorial Service back in 2013. Brendon the young hotshot on lookout, i cant believe how he must have felt, and im sure still does. Only thing to know is that God was with all of them when they died and soon after in Heaven.
The survivor said that that they seen the new direction of the flames but carried on anyway. Should have quit and forget trying to be heroes. Poor decision making.
Don’t question their Desision
@@tylermeek3085 Why can’t you question it? 18 guys are dead, there should be a question as to why.
I saw the movie only the bave
Jeff Bond excellent movie. Get the book.
Still wish i new what made them decide to go down into that shallow but dangerous ravine? Sure way to get ambushed and surrounded by that fire with no where to go. Sad , sad day, my heart goes out to the families.
I watched the movie and they were headed down towards a ranch to protect it. I'm not sure if I'm right though.
Tshering Sherpa no, you are wrong. It was not to protect it.
@@Tarheel13 you are right, they were heading to the safe zone when the wind shifted and the fire changed direction.
Tshering Sherpa You misunderstood. It was not to protect it. It was a safe zone. They actually left a safe zone to enter a box canyon with no line of sight on the fire to get to that ranch. A very tragic mistake.
@@Tarheel13 okay but why did they leave the safe zone..
Rip brothers :/ flyhigh we miss ya
My husband was with blue ridge hot shots that day 1 week later he quit he still til this day can't get the picture of the deployment site out of his head he suffers from severe PTSD, BUT it's working on getting back with the forest service 10 years later
Sorry x
Dear Lord keep these brave men close for they gave the ultimate scarfice. May they all find peace with the Lord and my their families hearts heal knowing they all are in Heaven.
Wen the Firefighters did not answer then they Know now that they died and it was SO SO SO SO SO SAD 😭
Rest In Peace Brothers.. See you on the other side. #GraniteMountainHotShots #Heroes
I’m a former Volunteer Firefighter and it still hurts
God Bless those men and their families.
At around 7 min you can see the intensity of the fire over the ridge.
Could that have when it happemd x
The pilot had no idea what was happening on the ground.
It’s very difficult to like this video, because of the tragedy, but knowing what was going on behind the scenes to try to save these brave, wild fire guys is amazing,
There’s at least seven wildfire family members who have been doing that for many years within my close family I have so much on respect for those hard-working men and women
It’s sad to think 5 of the men didn’t even have time to get into their shelters and just had hands over their heads when found....the pain...
I hate to discuss this on this video, but I feel like it has to be said. Super heated fumes from a fire that massive killed them all instantly. People who have had to deploy in the field stated that it felt like a vacuum was sucking their shelters into the fire, so it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume their shelters got taken by the wind after they passed and before the fire passed them.
not true , dont tell nothing you dont know a cpl of the didnt deploy but they didnt have there hands over there heads trust me i was there im a blue ridge hotshot squadboss my old supe picked up brenden
@@juliansmith7171 what a terrible day this must have been for everyone involved. I’m very sorry.
@@susanjenkins6893 what really hurts is when people make up there own explanations or like fake media , it really pisses me of i worked with granite mountain we were almost always called out together both AZ hotshots , i heard and saw and know every lil bit of truth and it sucks when people run there lips about ur falling brothers its kind of a disgrace to them cause you have no idea what ur talking about the people that think they do where you there on that day ?
@@juliansmith7171 you know truth and you know what happened that day. I’m very sorry for the loss of your brothers, and thank you for your service- you are all heroes
Rest In Peace
This is all soo very eerie and disturbing! Some idiot telling them to stop shouting in the radio when their in severe distress!! Nobody knowing where the hell GM Hotshots are exactly to freakin help them...And no one catching a clue in all this time w/ absolutely no response, they might be dead!?! This tragedy never should have happend 😢
~God rest their souls~🕊🌲🐻🔥🚒🌲🇺🇸
Holly Lynn they moved after Marsh said they could not deploy.
Holly Lynn you are right. If they had stayed in the black it would not have.
0:20 "what the hell was that?"
Well when he said they were in front of the flaming front that means that the fire was coming straight for them from where their position was
@@MrChipmaster21 I know. I mean that's what the guy in the background said at my time stamp.
If you listen carefully, right after Marsh transmits, another hotshot in the background goes, "what the hell was that?"
@@MrChipmaster21 or Steed, rather. I've been told that the first transmission was Jessie Steed, the second Robert Caldwell and the final one was Marsh
That’s interesting I never thought about that originally when I watch the video I always thought that all three were were Eric but now that you said that it makes me wanna go back and watch it and really listen
@@MrChipmaster21 there's a difference in voices between the first and third one. The second could be the same as the third, but the first voice is definitely different.
I had heard, and not sure how true this is, that Marsh was scouting ahead and heard steed on the radio and ran back
19 forever😢 R.I.P GRANITE MOUNTAIN HOTSHOTS
Forgive me but can’t someone make a better deployment suit? I’m guessing anything completely fire retardant would be too heavy?
It has to be lightweight.
David Turbyfills father has dedicated a big portion of his life to creating a better one. He's got some videos up on UA-cam of them testing it.
"Crew hollering on the radio i need you to Quit..." dammit this is so sad RIP Yarnell 19 😓 o7
Air attack never answers to crews, after this has happend now they do
I’d like to know who said that
It was the IC
9:40, "They were in there?", "Yeah, why?"
then and now people are still schoced that they left the safe area
I’ve never understood why they left the black in the first place...
Probably..........impatient. The winds (perhaps) had shifted and gave these men a false sense of security. Leaving the black area (safety zone) without air support would mean they were (at that time) confident the winds were working in their favor. However, the winds changed.
From what I understand, the super knew the winds were doing a 180.
@@babybrat2958 Even if they did, this happened in minutes. There wasn't enough time for them to do anything else.
We can all say what we would have done
None of us were there I believe all the boys a hero they were all fighting fire say what you want but you wasn't there
all the static was Marsh trying to reply to radio transmission from under the shelter, but unable to get signal because of the foil lined shelters. Sad. Last KNOWN radio transmissions from GMIHC is what’s recorded
Marsh never made in his shelter. Only 7 of them did. A few were half way deployed. And the rest didn’t. I have the drawing where each one was found and if the were in a shelter or not. They got over ran going to Prescott June 30 th this year hopefully.
Morse code? Radio transmissions while in the shelters. - - then ..-
MU
or SOS
Omg 🥺
Predominant cause of entrapments are fire crews working in mountainous terrain, uphill from a fire, when a sudden upslope fire run entrapped them. Data shows that about 80% of the fatalities on fires from 1990 to 2013, due to entrapments, occurred due to the situation of firefighters working upslope from a fire. This situation was repeated on the YH fire. The GMIHC was working upslope from the fire, when thunderstorm winds turned the winds and pushed the flames to the south, and the flames channeled up mountain canyons and slopes enveloping the crew.
About 9:38 you can hear that guy ask why did they move?
I knew they were surprised by the fire but I was shockeed that only 4 had fully deployed, most hadn't put their gloves on in prep for deployment and one had not evven begun to deploy before being struck down.
Horrible. I cannot fathom the realization of their predicament.
Im absolutely heartbrocken by this event ... its hit me deep i cant watch anything about this without breaking down. RIP granite mountain hotshots 😢
I understand that it is hectic but really telling the gun whatever unit is hollering in the radio to quit. Really dude wake up hes screaming because hes in trouble pay attention.
Michael England it was hard for the pilot to understand
Never forgotten ☀️♥️
"Whoever's hollering in the radio, I need you to quit" fucking unprofessional, might have cost valuable seconds
Nothing could have been done at that point... nothing...
May The Creator bless you Brothers with everlasting peace. You are heroes ❤️
I know Marsh is on the radio at the end as division alpha but is granite mountain 7 Jesse steed on the radio
I read the first voice was Steed and then Caldwell.
But yeah DIVS A is Marsh. He was apparently scouting ahead at the time and ran back when he saw the front, this "yeah I'm here with the granite mountain hotshots" line.
@@greatestever184 he was suppose to be at the ranch with 3 Sawyer's then ran back when 7 broke in and said there were in front the flaming front I read in the Áz article
@@ashleyjackson4012 that doesn't make much sense to me that he was at the ranch. Wouldn't he have to run through the fire to get to them? Also the ranch owners never said he was there. I fully believe he was scouting elsewhere and ran back, just not at the ranch.
@@greatestever184 if you watch or read the yarnell hill fire investigation you would here it also at the beginning when Jesse steed broke in on the radio Marsh wasent with them he was scouting ahead the boulder spring ranch owners weren't there at that time now when Marsh radio in he says yeah I'm here with the granite mountain hotshots exc exc he was at the ranch when Jesse steed broke in on the radio he ran back to them with the flaming front in his rear just watch the yarnell hill incident report
@@ashleyjackson4012 yes they were. They interviewed the ranch owners. They were at the ranch when the fire blew over them because they had just got their animals in their shelters and made it inside just seconds before it blew over them.
I could've lost my mom to this but she lost her friends
Wonder what the voice at 3:23 said…sad stuff that could’ve easily been avoided…RIP.
Man the tough guys in this comment section, gives a headache.
Were homes in danger that the firefighters were needed in such a dangerous location?
Is Division Alpha Bravo 33 Granite Mountain Hot Shots? I cant imagine the fear when they're not answering. I hope new shelters have been developed to prevent a tragedy like this from ever happening again.
Communication here was the biggest issue. I still don't think that portable repeaters are the best option for wildland firefighters and had a better radio system been in place the communication would have been clearer and better understood, maybe buying these guys some time and saving lives.
right so true
Quite often portable repeaters are the ONLY option. You can not predict where a fire is, and can not afford to build a radio network that will guarantee portable, on belt coverage every where. Portable repeaters are effective because they give you coverage where you need it. Fixed infrastructure can't be changed, and can't be moved to improve coverage.
A/G(Air to Ground) is a simplex frequency btw
Whoever's hollering on the radio stop!! Wtf they are the calmest people alive if their yelling theres a problem a big problem god damn man i know nothing about firefighting but i know enough that he wouldn't be yelling like that unless it was a dire situation
Rip to all 19. Rest in peace x
This is horrifying. The GMH were never able to supply a UTM or a LAT/LONG. Good Lord!