Shipbucket

I'm not sure how many of you heard this, but Yesterday 19 Firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, described as an elite firefighting team, were killed when the wildfire they were battling exploded ten-fold in a matter of minutes, overrunning the team.

the deaths of the firefighters marks the largest single fatal incident in a US Wildfire in 80 years, and the largest fatal incident among Firefighters since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=9157741

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Well said Navybratt85. These men were heroes, who consistently put their lives on the line to save others, they would hard to replace.

Here's the casualty list. One of them, Anthony Rose, attended the same High School as I did for two years. My sister knew him, although not well.

Granite Mountain Hotshots
Killed
Andrew Ashcraft, 29
Robert Caldwell, 23
Travis Carter, 31
Dustin Deford, 24
Christopher MacKenzie, 30
Eric Marsh, 43
Grant McKee, 21
Sean Misner, 26
Scott Norris, 28
Wade Parker, 22
John Percin, 24
Anthony Rose, 23
Jesse Steed, 36
Joe Thurston, 32
Travis Turbyfill, 27
William Warneke, 25
Clayton Whitted, 28
Kevin Woyjeck, 21
Garret Zuppiger, 27
Injured
Brendan McDonough, 21

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