Christopher Mackenzie Hot Shot

Yarnell hill fire fallen remembered.

Christopher mackenzie hot shot. Snapped by hotshot christopher mackenzie the photograph shows the wildland firefighters forming a human pyramid in front of a giant juniper tree near prescott that the crew had saved during the. I recognize andrew ashcraft and brendan mcdonough bottom 2nd and 3rd from left. Chris mackenzie photographer and eric marsh are not pictured. The park located at the site where the firefighters died is accessed by a.

The park opened on november 30 2016 and had over 18 000 visitors in its first year. Christopher alan mackenzie christopher alan mackenzie was born on september 12 1982 in fontana california. Granite mountain hotshot christopher mackenzie shot these last two video clips shortly after 4 00 p m. The hot shot s prayer was read aloud during mackenzie s service.

Granite mountain hotshots at the alligator juniper they saved during the doce fire. Granite mountain hot shot firefighters. These included zuppiger christopher mackenzie and the crew s sole survivor brendan mcdonough. Forest service on engine and hotshot crews in 2010 chris was invited by one of his former.

Hotshots 19 honors the memory of these 19 heroes. On june 30 2013. The tree is believed to be the world s oldest and largest alligator juniper. Before working for the prescott fire department chris worked for the bureau of land management on engine and helicopter crews and for the u s.

These are the last images of the hot. When the hotshots came to drink in groups as they often did on rare days off bartender jeff bunch. Hotshots 19 6 rounds for time 30 squats19 power cleans 135 lbs 95 lbs 7 strict pull upsrun 400 meters on june 30 2013 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots firefighting team tragically lost their lives while fighting a fire in yarnell az. Chris mackenzie has been named as one of the granite mountain hotshots out of prescott arizona who was killed on june 30 battling a terrifying blaze in yarnell arizona reports the la times.

Granite mountain hotshots memorial state park is a state park near yarnell arizona created to memorialize the nineteen members of the granite mountain hotshots who died there on june 30 2013 while fighting the yarnell hill fire.