through the dirt. a line that could stretch a mile long. it s their job to hold that line. john seger is a former hotshot. when the fire burns up to that line, the fire is going to put out embers, and some of those embers actually doll cross the line, and the hot shot crew or any of our fire crews will patrol the line and they look for those embers and try to get to them. seger likens his hot shot teams to military special ops units. they are the best of the best in wildfire suppression. highly motivated and highly trained. which is why they get the toughest assignments. their physical fitness training prior to the season and if it s a slow season during the season includes running, long endurance hikes, any type of push-ups, situps, the whole aerobics, cardio, physical fitness routine.
long. it s their job to hold that line. john seger is a former hotshot. when the fire burns up to that line. the fire is going to put out embers, and some of those embers actually do cross the line, the hotshot cue or any of our crews will patrol the line and they look for those embers and try to get to them. seger likes his hotshot teams to military special ops units. they are the best of the best in wildfire suppression. highly motivated and highly trained. which is why they get the toughest assignments. their physical fitness training prior to the season and if it s a slow season during the season includes running, long endurance hikes. any type of push-ups, situps, the whole aerobics, cardio, physical fitness routine. there s a rigorous physical test that qualifies a hotshot.
two daughters, i thought, i need to do everything that i possibly can to go home and see them. so that s really what kept me in the shelter. 19 firefighters will never see their families again. incredibly tough training for one of the toughest jobs on earth. we want to take a look now at the hotshots, the people who risk their lives to help us all. more now from randi kaye. reporter: when hotshots get the call, they head to the center of a blazing wildfire. an inferno that often times only they can stop. hotshots go where equipment can t. these elite firefighting teams are specially trained to use train saws to clear brush and cut a fire line through the dirt. a line that could stretch a mile long. it s their job to hold that line. john seger is a former hotshot. when the fire burns up to that line.
the fire is going to put out embers, and some of those embers actually do cross the line, the hotshot cue or any of our crews will patrol the line and they look for those embers and try to get to them. seger likes his hotshot teams to military special ops units. they are the best of the best in wildfire suppression. highly motivated and highly trained. which is why they get the toughest assignments. their physical fitness training prior to the season and if it s a slow season during the season includes running, long endurance hikes. any type of push-ups, situps, the whole aerobics, cardio, physical fitness routine. there s a rigorous physical test that qualifies a hotshot. including a three mile hike in 45 minutes. while carrying a 45 pound pack. and a mile and a half run in ten
0 tonight in arizona s deadly wildfire still burning out of control. 19 bodies have now been recovered, 19 heroes now identified. the first two people to question george zimmerman take the stand for the prosecution. question once again, did strong cross-examination turn their testimony to the defense s advantaging? another compelling day in court. we ll tell you about it. and later to egypt, a leading newspaper saying egypt is on the edge of a volcano. that s what it looks like tonight. millions protesting against the government and the clock now ticking before the military steps in. we begin tonight with the breaking news. all 19 firefighters killed in the yarnell hill fire still burning out of control north of phoenix. they ve all been identified and taken to the maricopa medical examiner s office in phoenix. 19 members of an elite team called hotshots, the granite mountain hotshots based in prescott, arizona. every member but one pr risched. more how it came to this terrible day.