PHOENIX — A life-sized statue was unveiled Saturday honouring 19 members of a firefighting team known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots who died in a 2013 Arizona wildfire. The statue was dedicated at a state memorial park established where all but one member of the team died in a canyon in mountains near Yarnell on June 30, 2013. The sole survivor of the team was a member stationed elsewhere as a lookout. The statue is mounted on a pedestal with the names of the 19 firefighters and depicts a firefighter with a chain saw and other gear as he sizes up a wildfire, Glenn said during a telephone interview. The design includes facial features of multiple fallen members of the Hotshots, Glenn said, explaining “I didn’t feel like it was proper to just represent one of the 19.”

Source: National Post April 21, 2018 22:53 UTC