10.20.17 - "Hotshots 19"
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On June 30, 2013 19 members of the Hotshot team died fighting a fire that grew to more than 2,000 acres about 34 miles south of Prescott in Yarnell, an old gold-mining village with a population of roughly 650.
To commemorate the fallen and raise money for their surviving family members, CrossFit Inc. held a memorial workout at Captain CrossFit in Prescott:
Six rounds for time of:
30 Squats
135 pound Power clean, 19 reps
7 Strict Pull-ups
Run 400 meters
The deaths of the 19 men left Prescott without 25 percent of its firefighters. By comparison, New York City lost 9 percent of its firefighters—343—during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to information provided by mayoral spokesman Pete Wertheim.
Until June 30, Arizona had recorded 22 wildland firefighting deaths since 1955, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The Hotshot deaths represented the country’s worst wildland fire tragedy since Oct. 3, 1933, when 29 firefighters died in the Griffith Park wildfire in Los Angeles, according to the National Fire Protection Association. It was the worst loss of first responders since 9/11.
In Memory Of:
Jesse Steed, 36
Wade Parker, 22
Joe Thurston, 32
William Warneke, 25
John Percin, 24
Clayton Whitted, 28
Scott Norris, 28
Dustin Deford, 24
Sean Misner, 26
Garret Zuppiger, 27
Travis Carter, 31
Grant McKee, 21
Travis Turbyfill, 27
Andrew Ashcraft, 29
Kevin Woyjeck, 21
Anthony Rose, 23
Eric Marsh, 43
Christopher MacKenzie, 30
Robert Caldwell, 23
