It was the deadliest day for Fire Fighters since 9 11, 19 members of the Granite Mountain hotshots were killed fighting a wildfire in and around yarnell arizona in june. Today, the state released the results of its investigation, carter evans reports from arizona on the great deal of confusion and lack of communication that helped make it such a deadly day. Reporter the investigation revealed Radio Communication problems between commanders and firefighters in the field contributed to the chain of events that led to the deaths of 19 Granite Mountain hotshots, at one point they lost radio contact for 30 minutes. We do know there was, where they were not communicating, we. While out of communication, the hotshots tried to hike through dry brush to a safe zone, but they had no guidance from fire commanders. They did not know where they were. There is no reason with the technology we have today that they could not have had tracking units on those radios, that they could not have known where