Amanda Marsh Granite Mountain Hotshots

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Amanda marsh granite mountain hotshots.

The granite mountain hotshots formed in 2002 as a group within the prescott volunteer fire department. Below amanda marsh. This interview with amanda marsh was filmed the day after the red carpet screening in phoenix of the movie only the brave which is about the granite mountain hotshots a 20 person crew of. Moments later he radioed back with a more serious message.

He s was great he was the best at what he did racquer said. Eric marsh was the crew superintendent of the granite mountain hotshots. He and 18 other members of the crew were entrapped and killed on an arizona wildfire in 2013. Granite mountain hotshots team leader eric marsh radioed through to let his commanders know the group had a predetermined safety zone.

The fire overtook the granite crew resulting in the deaths. It would be a long time before amanda would speak openly about her husband eric the man who led the granite mountain hotshots. 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. They trained under the supervision of eric marsh depicted by josh brolin in the movie.

To the entire granite mountain hotshot crew i thank you for all that you guys did to save yarnell and st. And it would be a long time before she could come to terms with the. Marsh was superintendent of the hotshot crew and the oldest of the 19 who died. I live in congress az just 10 miles down the 89 from yarnell.

They first operated as a fuels mitigation crew until they transitioned to a handcrew in 2004.