With his widow weeping in the audience, city officials voted Thursday to award full survivor and retirement benefits to the family of one of the part-time Arizona Hotshot firefighters who died fighting the devastating Yarnell Hill Fire almost a year ago. Another board member, Wade Ward of the Prescott Fire Department, said the question was difficult because "everything that we've gone through and continue to go through is unprecedented. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. delivered with familiar histrionics.) I've fought violence against women all my life, and I know it's not just bad apples in the police - the First Lady's tears for kindergarten helicopter crash victims: Olena Zelenska is horrified as she is told 18 Putin deploys air defence systems around Moscow amid fears of Ukrainian strikes on the capital. Mountain Hotshots was the first and only municipal Type 1 outfit in the home town. surges to the surface of the action only very late in the film, when the These men lived together. "Quite literally, my bills are being paid by the good people of the world who are giving donations, because the city of Prescott isn't doing anything for us," she said. become close friends, and Mac matures, largely through Donuts yearning for a less complex and more homogeneous society that, I 'It had to be a perfect storm in order for this to happen,' Prescott Fire Department spokesman Wade Ward told the Today show last month. 2023 Cond Nast. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Juliann Ashcraft lost her husband, Andrew . When Roxanne introduced herself to the firefighters at the station, she told them that her husband had been one of the 19 hotshots killed in the Yarnell fire. I feel like we need to do something for these guys, she said. At the Sonoita-Elgin Fire District station, Roxanne got out of the truck and introduced herself to the firefighters. Another, Roxanne Warneke, who lives just outside Tucson, has chosen to stay away, secluding her grief to the unfinished mobile home she shares with the baby girl her husband, Billy, never had a chance to meet. Harry will ask, How did you sleep?, I slept good, she told him. July 2, 2013 12 AM PT. timely reminder that stories are decisions, that theres no such thing "They were heroes to the people that they helped there. All rights reserved. The crew had barely gotten home from a different blaze when word came that the team was needed again. Andrew Ashcraft, pictured left, was one of the 19 firefighters who died. You could pretty much see, from young freshman all the way, he was going to be physically active. She calls Harry Daddy Hop, a nickname from his initials. Everybody fighting the fire are Daddy Billys friends. He sent back a picture of the fire, which he described as wild, that would ultimately claim his life. The comments below have not been moderated. He sent a photo of where he was sitting and what the fire looked like for them, at their lunch spot, Ashcraft said on TODAY Tuesday. United States; nothing at all suggests that Prescott may have been As a result of the dispute, there were two separate memorial. Nineteen men, members of an elite "Hotshot" team, died Sunday battling the out-of-control wildfire Sunday outside Yarnell, Ariz. In the months after the fire, there would be an investigation. Juliann met with families of two Beartown firefighters from Michigan who were killed and another half dozen who were injured in an accident on their way to the Box Canyon wildfire in Utah last summer. While her. ", At 7:28, Colleen typed: "Heard there is a crew trapped surrounded by fire. Carter Evans speaks with Ashcraft's widow, who was receiving text messages from him right to the end. The 19 remaining Hotshots were deploying their emergency fire shelters lightweight cocoons made of reflective material intended as a firefighter's last resort. She took in a breath and slowly let it out. "The city has fully complied with all of the laws and employment policies that direct survivor benefits," the statement said. Then in the next breath he added, "I want to be Batman.". Together, the four of them are making a life together. PRESCOTT, Ariz. Smoke drifted from the fire that tore through the chaparral brush on nearby mountains after the flames had claimed the lives of 19 firefighters almost a year ago, immersing this tight community in heartache. For the first time, the danger seemed too close. "I have one I want to bring," he told his mom. Prescott outfit has little chance to compete for Hotshot standing; but "As shocked as I was that my husband went to work and never came home, I'm equally shocked in how the city has treated our family since then," she said. The fire has also destroyed an estimated 200 homes. Are you there Granite Mountain?". The art of storytelling is treacherous, and the new film Only the For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. the company died, on June 30, 2013, while fighting a wildfire, and Donut In memory of 19 fire fighters, it said. The movie Only the Brave about Prescotts point of pride that the Granite Devastation is not soothed by a monetary award, Patrick J. McGroder III, the Phoenix-based lawyer who is representing the families, said in an interview. Our kids will remember them as heroes as well.. Allen G. Breed is a national writer, based in Raleigh, N.C. When some of the widows sought the benefits At 7:25 p.m., Colleen grabbed her phone and texted Travis' wife, Stephanie. They died together. The 4-1 vote came at the same time that an army of Hotshots from around the West was returning to the area to battle a fire near Slide Rock State Park less than 100 miles from where their 19 Granite Mountain colleagues died. Only the Juliann Ashcraft insists that her husband was a full-time employee; she has hired a lawyer and is pondering a lawsuit over the issue, KPHO reports. But the city insists Ashcraft and 12 others were seasonal employees and are therefore not entitled to the lifetime salaries and health benefits -- worth millions -- given to the six full-time Hotshots. Click here to share your story. Through my experience, I have learned life is a gift. Andrew had not made it. She would whisper stories to Billie Grace about her daddy long before she could possibly understand. In 2015, Roxanne had joinedJuliann Ashcraft, whose husband, Andrew, also was killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire, and Andrews mother, Deborah Pfingston, to formthe Wildland Firefighter Guardian Institute, a non-profit advocacy group. Juliann Ashcraft, an LDS wife and mother, appeared on the "Today" show Tuesday morning to discuss her husband, who's been hailed as a hero, two days after learning of his death. Though next-door to national forestland that regularly sees fire activity, this particular area had not burned in some 40 years and was deep into a drought making it far more susceptible to fire. Blue Ridge had helped battle the blaze that killed Billy and the hotshot crew. That afternoon Juliann texted to report that it was raining at their house in nearby Prescott. You have to live it. Roxanne said. Some mornings she will come into the kitchen and stretch dramatically. Entertainment), of the real-life activities of the Granite Mountain out can be far more revealing than what they choose to include. By nightfall, the fire was just 15 acres in size, though the town fire department warned residents: "Be on high alert if the wind changes direction.". Counting calories IS king when it comes to losing weight - NOT fasting, study finds. passionate marriage with Amanda (Jennifer Connelly), a horse trainer, When Andrew was home, he was the center of the family. stretched out over more than 40,000 acres. Most of the fire activity had been restricted to the north end of the blaze. Ms. Ashcraft said Thursday that not . She told her husband how much she wished he could be there,. Because even though Billie Grace never got to meet her father, Roxanne wants her to remember him. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. 'He had some athletic ability in him and he was a go-getter, too. Outside of the love he shared for his family members, hotshot firefighting was his life, his wife said. In 1990, she married Travis' father and adopted the precocious little boy who, even then, knew what he wanted to be one day. They hope to launch an accredited education program for wildland firefighters. women who lost their husbands in the disaster. "I said to them, 'My husband was a full-time employee, he went to work full-time for you,'" she said, "and their response to me was, 'Perhaps there was a communication issue in your marriage.'". / CBS News. decisions that go into the composition and the telling of stories have a Juliann Ashcraft was swapping texts with her firefighter husband, who was off battling the Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona. 'As shocked as I was that my husband went to work and never came home, I'm equally shocked in how the city has treated our family since then,' Mrs Ashcraft, whose youngest child is just 18 months old, told CBS News. offers a vision of sentimental unity for the common good in a town where They focus on safety for wildland firefighters, lobbying for policy changes and independent investigations. It was Eric Marsh, superintendent of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, who were based out of Willis' department. One widow, Juliann Ashcraft, decided to leave Prescott altogether to spare her four children the discomfort of whispers and glares. Wednesdays lawsuit by the families, filed in Maricopa County Superior Court, offers one possibility: A back burn ignited by Yavapai County Fire District crews essentially, a fire set on the vegetation that stands in the path of the coming flames, as a means of starving the flames of fuel may have critically impaired the Hotshots position, perhaps trapping them or feeding the conflagration. Andrew Ashcraft, 29, of Prescott, Ariz., was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of 19 firefighters who died battling a fire that swept through Yarnell, Ariz., on Sunday. Read more here. Her husband Andrew was 29 years old. August 5, 2013 / 7:54 PM in a plethora of details, but it never looks beyond the work life into All rights reserved. It was about 7 p.m. when a television announcer came on with the report: A Hotshot crew had been overrun near Yarnell. Watch: Hotshots training unveiled in 60 Minutes report. watched the movie, I felt that something was missing (including the (Forrest Fyre), and Eric is authorized to seek Type 1 certification for Because the town of Prescott deemed some of its firefighters to be temporary or seasonal, those victims families were denied the benefits that were being She said she learned of her husband's death while watching the news with their four children. The lone no vote came from Prescott Mayor Marlin Kuykendall, who said he shared everyone's sympathy for the surviving families but felt he needed more time to wade through the relevant laws and statutes governing firefighters' retirement benefits. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. Chilling moment Plymouth gunman Jake Davison strolled along the road wielding shotgun as he murdered five People who drink alcohol more than once a WEEK are at higher risk of internet, gaming and exercise 'The tears, the time together lost': Kirstie Allsopp admits 'one of her greatest regrets' is forcing her Well, that fell a bit flat (white)! Juliann Ashcraft, an LDS wife and mother, appeared on the "Today" show and CBS news Tuesday morning to discuss her husband, who has been hailed as a hero. By Molly Hennessy-Fiske. Then the texts stopped. It was everything to him. unified in its grief and mourninginto open conflict. Her palms grew sweaty. She said she had been texting her husband throughout the day - with him telling her how much he loved and missed her, and how proud he was of their young children - until he abruptly stopped. It claimed property as well as lives, destroying more than 100 homes. "I vote yes.". "I want to be able to just be mourning my husband, be supporting my children, be figuring out what our new normal is," she said. It was 20 percent contained and awind had kicked up. complained that she was being denied benefits; soon others did so, too. . For a short time, no one knew who the lone survivor was. Once known as "Rich Hill" for the acres of gold nuggets discovered by prospectors in the 1860s, the town lies 80 miles northwest of Phoenix at 4,800 feet above sea level, leading to the motto, "Where a Desert Breeze Meets the Mountain Air.". Not wanting to break down in front of her children, Juliann rushed off to her bedroom, while a friend who happened to be there gathered the children in prayer. Around 6 a.m., Darrell Willis, chief of the Prescott Fire Department's Wildland Fire Division, was loading his truck with containers of eggs, sausage, potatoes and fruit for the crews when his phone rang. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. That legal designation means that, despite Erics profound I asked my daughter's teachers not to call her a boy they reported me to social services. Mr. Bungling helicopter pilot blows over stadium roof injuring eight, Rapidly growing cemetery filled with Vladimir Putin's 'prisoner army', Royal Family will find it 'impossible' to compromise with Sussexes, BBC Breakfast celebrates forty years of hilarious bloopers, Ken Bruce will be joining the Greatest Hits Radio family in April, As it happened: UK Government blocks Scotland's new gender law, Russian pro-war fanatic warns Britain could be 'wiped off the map', Locals desperately smash windows of overturned double-decker bus. "We could really use some rain over here," he replied. Hes the one who noticed a banner hanging high up on the brick wall inside the fire station and pointed it out to Roxanne. IE 11 is not supported. At one point, Roxanne noticed that the Sawmill Fire had doubled in size overnight. Extraordinary moment shirtless Michael Clarke and Karl Stefanovic face off in a wild late-night scuffle - as MailOnline readers back Jeremy Clarkson to keep his job on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Juliann Ashcraft, the spouse of the late firefighter Andrew Ashcraft, Meanwhile, a young man named Brendan McDonough (Miles The 29-year-old former "rookie of the year" on the elite "Hotshot" team, was a father of four, all of whom are younger than 6 years old. Only the Brave excludes an entire world of activity thats integral to understanding the Granite Mountain Hotshots lives and locale, and American times at large. regarding themand about their locale and American times at Holding back tears, Juliann Ashcraft described text messages and photos she and her husband exchanged just before he died. She and Billy used to go to nearby Patagonia often, to hike and fish, taking State Highway 83. "Yarnell," her daughter-in-law replied. They made their way there on back roads. Autopsies of the 19 firefighters have been conducted, and an investigation into what happened here begun. "This is my lunch spot," he wrote beneath a photo of hard-hatted firefighters sitting on boulders, watching smoke rise on the horizon. The couple was still playful. couples stifled conflicts burst forth with some trenchant writing While her husband was on a break during the early stages. "No, honey," she said gently. Your Daddy Billy came to visit you? Harry asked. Willis, the Prescott wildland fire chief, was in his pickup outside Yarnell, listening to the Hotshots' tactical frequency, when he heard a garbled message from Marsh that he couldn't quite make out. second-in-command, Jesse Steed (James Badge Dale), who provides a model A week later, the fire these men died fighting burns on, although it is almost fully contained. With the detour, it was more than two hours before they got there. Teddy bears, homemade banners, flower arrangements and fire department T-shirts from all over the country bake in the brutal summer sun. 2023 www.azcentral.com. I wrote here last week about the exclusions, the prejudices, the blinkered points of view that complete the jobs that they have started. but, having grown up without his own father, Brendan is determined to Juliann Ashcraft decided to leave Prescott altogether to spare her four children the discomfort of whispers and glares. Only six of the 19 firefighters are entitled to full-time benefits, the city claims. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Some of the more vocal widows became the target of stinging criticism; in online forums and letters to the editors, people called them greedy, disgusting or worse. as the story, no prexisting idea or self-determined material that Her husband was in his third season with the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew out of Prescott, Arizona. mothers house. Ashcraft, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was honored to be a member of the Hotshot crew, and 'he just had a really sweet spirit about him,' Elise Smith, a Prescott, Arizona, resident, told The Deseret News of Salt Lake City. Mac (Taylor Kitsch), a sexually crude and emotionally stunted colleague "I know that you love it," she told him. They were heroes in our home, they were heroes in our community," she said. and how narrow narrative designs are methods for keeping uncomfortable large, that are inseparable from the real-life story that it is telling. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Ariz. firefighters wife: They were heroes, battling the out-of-control wildfire Sunday. It was approaching 5 p.m., and the winds were now coming from the north at 26 mph, with gusts to 43 mph. He had his priorities in line, but when he was there, he would tell me, They say jump and Id say, how high. Their main goal was to save lives. While his love affair with firefighting predated his romance with Juliann, there was no question which passion burned hotter. "This is where people come to pay their respects.". Juliann Ashcraft, an LDS wife and mother, appeared on the "Today" show and CBS news Tuesday morning to discuss her husband, who has been hailed as a hero. Still, during the summer wildfire season, it was not unusual for the couple to go weeks on end without any communication. 'And we'll miss them. Hotshots widows have faced over health insurance, taxes, labor law, and In part, for that very reason, each crew always has at least one member serving as a lookout, stationed where he can watch the fire's behavior and radio changes in conditions to the team. 'And of course there was no reply and they all laid out there that night.'. Carter Evans speaks with . They were ok but no way out. These are people who risk their own lives every day," Roxanne said. its emphasis on individual initiative and private conflicts in isolation My Daddy Billy? Billie Grace asked. Enter your email to receive updates on our LDS Living content, 2022 LDS Living A Division of Deseret Book Company. They reach out to firefighters and families who need support. Stephanie replied. wildfire-fighting outfit in Prescott, Arizona, thats relegated to Type nickname Donut), but Donut masters the necessary tough physical As a teenager, he attended fire camps. 2013 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. peoplewhite peoplego out of their way to help each other. The script, by Ken Nolan and Eric Warren Singer, puts exceptional "They loved what they did. surviving family members also sued the town for three hundred million Nothing of the sort is even hinted at in Only the Brave. The movie has David Wallace / The Arizona Republic via AP file, the local Prescott ENews website reported, less than 100 miles from where their 19 Granite Mountain colleagues died. The City of Prescott now claims he was a seasonal worker, despite him . A thunderstorm was brewing, and the winds had shifted nearly 180 degrees sending flames racing into Yarnell, where Lawton's small, block home sat at the base of a hill. truths offscreen in the interest of a so-called mainstream. With family and friends to look after the children, she headed to Prescott's Mile High Middle School to grieve with the other families. rich in wry humor and lived-in wisdom), vouches for them to the mayor after Prince Harry Is this the real reason Amazon 'axed' Jeremy Clarkson? Only the Brave is filled with conspicuous touches of heartiness, of When it came time to vote on the benefits extension, his was the only dissenting vote. After a two-day hearing, the retirement board of the city of Prescott voted to award the enhanced benefits to the family of Andrew Ashcraft, who perished last June along with 12 other seasonal or part-time members and six full-time members of the elite Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew in the largest loss of firefighters' lives since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. "I think I will be down there for a while on this one," 29-year-old Ashcraft had told his wife via text. A 20-year-old mother placed her son for adoption. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Ashcraft did not think it would be this much of an issue. unit. Then Willis ended the conversation the way he does anytime he's speaking to a firefighter. And then another, and another. Hotshots, heroic fighters of wildfires in Arizona. A team of investigators assembled by the forestry division, as well as the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health, has released reports on the deaths, though neither explains why the men abandoned the safety of the black, as burned areas in the wilderness are known, for the dangers of green land. Firefighters battling a blaze in Yarnell, Ariz., last year. In high school, he'd spend hours after classes studying fire science. She wants her to see her mother supporting the works they do, in honor of Billy. These men worked together," she said. (It Photograph by Columbia Pictures via Everett, deemed some of its firefighters to be temporary or seasonal,, Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard. For a long time, Roxanne didnt understandeither, how a highly qualified crew, well-trained and disciplinedby all accounts, with a lookout and regular protocols, could have found itself trapped in a canyon with no way out. yet is excluded from the movie, and that is at least as interesting She told the Today show how, apart from his family, fighting fires with the Granite Mountain Hotshots was his life. Sean Kauffman, a former Granite Mountain Hotshot, paying his respects. Zak's mother smiled. The fire had crept close to an area Roxanne knew well. Dry grass near the communities of Yarnell and Glen Isla fed the fast-moving blaze. form; as is, the nostalgic virtues of its classical storytelling, with Jan. Roxanne picked up Billie Grace and showed it to her. He was on a fire in Yarnell, a small town about 30 miles to the south, but there hadn't been a cause for concern. In its attempt at a counteroffensive, city officials fueled only hostility, telling residents and municipal workers that taxes might need to go up and raises be delayed for another year because of what the deaths had already cost, according to several people involved in these discussions, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal. He radioed down to his crewmates, telling them his trigger point had been reached, and that he was heading for safe ground. On the Fourth of July, firefighter Nik Christian stopped by to pay his respects. Now Roxanne was headed to the Sonoita-Elgin Fire District station, near the first fire she had confronted since then. life at large, or even into the life that surrounds them in their own fool, getting into fights, getting arrested, getting kicked out of his Harry wants to raise Billie Grace the way her father would have. "We've got a great crew," the 27-year-old father of two young girls said. 'But he let us know that he loved us and missed us. were killed fighting a wildfire near Yarnell, Ariz. Marsh and Willis had worked together for years, and were close friends as well as colleagues. They took Billie Grace with them. Roxanne would take her daughter to Billys grave with flowers and his dog. 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Andrew Ashcraft's widow wept in the audience as the Prescott, Ariz., retirement board decided her family deserved full-time survivor payments. But while it offered some comfort, the image was also foreboding. "Did you hear that?" A contagious smile, a heart of gold. She has anew baby brother, Owen. The Hotshots, he said, were his heroes. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Students step up to make playground inclusive for those with disabilities. Juliann Ashcraft, the widow of fallen firefighter Andrew Ashcraft, one of 19 men who sacrificed his life battling a wildfire Sunday outside of Yarnell, Ariz., discussed the final text messages and photos she shared with her husband hours before he died. As the Hotshots attacked the blaze from the ground and aircraft dropped retardant from above, Yarnell school board member Eric Lawton was returning home from a trip. As they unloaded the truck, Roxanne could smell the fire. 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