Prayers to 19 firefighters

[Awhiteha]

19 firefighters perished in the Yarnell Fire, near Prescott, Az. They deployed fire shelters yesterday. This is the most deaths on a single fire.

 

[jonnymac44]

Wow, terrible news. So sorry to hear this. My thoughts will be with them and their families.

 

[Bigfattyt]

Lets you know how dangerous firefighting really is!

 

[mwerner]

I posted on another forum that we coppers consider firefighters to be our colleagues, and that each thinks the other is crazy for what they do. I've always thought the firefighters had it tougher.

there was a similar incident back in 1949 involving the newly-formed "smoke jumpers". Folksinger James Keelaghan did a wonderful song about the tragedy, "Cold Missouri Waters":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qomNoN7MCYg

 

[SSonnentag]

Here's a picture from my yard yesterday before the evacuation.

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