Amanda Marsh Granite Mountain Hotshots

The fire overtook the granite crew resulting in the deaths.

Amanda marsh granite mountain hotshots.

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. They first operated as a fuels mitigation crew until they transitioned to a handcrew in 2004. Four years ago the granite mountain hotshots died battling a horrifying wildfire in yarnell. Amanda was married to eric marsh leader of the granite mountain hotshot crew that battled the yarnell hill wildfire in arizona in 2013.

Marsh was superintendent of the hotshot crew and the oldest of the 19 who died. He is awesome and well loved and they are. Granite mountain hotshots team leader eric marsh radioed through to let his commanders know the group had a predetermined safety zone. I live in congress az just 10 miles down the 89 from yarnell.

To the entire granite mountain hotshot crew i thank you for all that you guys did to save yarnell and st. Eric marsh was the crew superintendent of the granite mountain hotshots. They trained under the supervision of eric marsh depicted by josh brolin in the movie. On thursday the true story of those men who fought on the front lines premiered across the united.

The granite mountain hotshots formed in 2002 as a group within the prescott volunteer fire department. 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. Below amanda marsh. He and 18 other members of the crew were entrapped and killed on an arizona wildfire in 2013.

Moments later he radioed back with a more serious message.