The Real Granite Mountain Hotshots

Across town three other granite mountain hotshots christopher mackenzie garret zuppiger and brendan donut mcdonough arrived at the whiskey row pub a dive in prescott s historic downtown.

The real granite mountain hotshots.

The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by dry lightning on june 28 2013. A person is legally drunk in arizona at 08. A new film called only the brave is based on the true story of the 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots who battled and ultimately lost their lives in arizona s yarnell hill fire during. Lee helm has made a half dozen trips to what is now called granite mountain hotshots memorial state park.

Based on the true story of the granite mountain hotshots a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire. Miles teller as brendan mcdonough the only. The real granite mountain hotshots and others are played one for one by actors including. On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots.

The movie is a stirring dramatization directed by joseph kosinski based on a nonfiction account in gq by sean flynn and co produced by condé nast entertainment of the real life activities of. Another hotshot had several drugs of abuse in his blood but no alcohol. The town has honored the granite mountain hotshots with a unique tribute a rugged hiking trail that climbs more than 1 000 feet up the side of the mountain where they died that day. Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived he was posted as a lookout on the fire and was not with the others when the fire overtook them.

Granite mountain hotshots memorial state park was dedicated in 2016 as a place to remember the 19 granite mountain hotshot firefighters who were lost on june 30 2013 while fighting the yarnell hill fire. Wildfires since the 1991 east bay hills fire which killed 25 people and the deadliest wildland fire for u s. Josh brolin as eric marsh the leader of the hotshot crew. With josh brolin miles teller jeff bridges jennifer connelly.

Directed by joseph kosinski. For visitors it s a strenuous hike up a mountain ridge before descending into the box.