Prescott, Arizona .. June 30, 2013 .. As the windblown blaze suddenly swept toward them, an elite crew of firefighting "Hotshots" desperately rushed to break out their emergency shelters and take cover on the ground under the heat-resistant fabric. By the time the flames had passed, 19 men lay dead in the nation's biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years. Fourteen of the 19 were in their 20s. The youngest was 21; the oldest was 43.... .. God bless their souls!Prescott, Arizona .. June 30, 2013 .. As the windblown blaze suddenly swept toward them, an elite crew of firefighting "Hotshots" desperately rushed to break out their emergency shelters and take cover on the ground under the heat-resistant fabric. By the time the flames had passed, 19 men lay dead in the nation's biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years. Fourteen of the 19 were in their 20s. The youngest was 21; the oldest was 43.... .. God bless their souls!
Prescott, Arizona .. June 30, 2013 .. As the windblown blaze suddenly swept toward them, an elite crew of firefighting "Hotshots" desperately rushed to break out their emergency shelters and take cover on the ground under the heat-resistant fabric. By the time the flames had passed, 19 men lay dead in the nation's biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years. Fourteen of the 19 were in their 20s. The youngest was 21; the oldest was 43.... .. God bless their souls!