young men. at the very least you should know their names, anthony rose, chris mackenzie,clayton whitted, dustin dedford, garrett zuppiger, sean misner, travis carter, travis turbyfill, wade parker, billy warneke and kevin woyjeck. he had no kids but leaves a wife behind. andrew ashcraft had a wife and four young children, he was 29 years old. chris mckenzie was like so many other hotshots. he loved snowboarding, living life to the fullest. clayton whitted was 28, knew what a battle looked like on and off the gridiron.
outdoors and loved to hunt. jesse steed served in the marines before becoming a firefighter in 2000 and became a hot shot in 2002. he was 36 years old and leaves behind a wife and two young kids. scott norris was 28, worked at a local gunshop, known as the ideal gentleman. sean was about to become a first time dad. he was 26 years old. travis carter at 31 was thinking about retiring this year. even younger at 22, wade parker was engaged to be married in october. billy had he live wod have become a father in december. he was 25 years old. kevin was born to be a hot shot. he is the son of a firefighter. earlier tonight i spoke with his father tonight by phone. i m so sorry for you and your family s loss. i can t imagine what you re going through at this point. what do you want people to know
he said he knew this fire season was a tough one. dustin loved the outdoors, loved to hunt, mourned by two sisters and seven brothers. jesse steed served in the marines before becoming a firefighter until and become a hotshot at 2002, he leaves behind a wife and two young kids. scott norris was 28, worked at the local gun shop. known around town as the ideal gentleman. sean missner was going to be a first time dad. cris carter was thinking of retiring this year. he was 31 years old. wade parker was engaged to be married in 22. billy had he lived would have become a father in december. he was 25 years old. kevin woyjeck was 21, but born to be a hotshot. he s the son of a firefighter. that s kevin s dad joe. earlier tonight i spoke with him by phone.
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one perished. it s the deadliest single day that firefighters and their loved ones have endured since 9/11. more on how we came to this terrible day. reporter: it began as a simple ordinary act of nature. a lightning strike at 5:36 friday evening, igniting a 500 acre blaze. there were twin problems, scorching heat and low humidity, the combination the fire exploded into a monster, devouring acres that had not burned in 40 years. first a few dozen homes. then 200 scorched. firefighters across the region including the hotshots from station 7 to prescott, located 30 miles away jumped into action. the hotshots, a team of 20 sent into the heart of the fire, to cut a line on the eastern flank and save other homes. they re highly trained, highly skilled, their situational awareness is very high. for this crew, it s very difficult to imagine what happened. it was sunday afternoon, the hotshot crew was behind the fire line when like most afternoons a thunderstorm blew in. this o