It claimed property as well as lives, destroying more than 100 homes. She told them she had brought fruit. Death toll: The Yarnell wildfire is the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years. The fire was sparked by a lightning strike on Friday and spread to at least 8,400 acres amid triple-digit temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. Her husband, Andrew, 29, was a former "rookie of the year" on the team and the father of four children, all younger than the age of 6. Roxanne buried Billy in the veterans sections of a cemetery in Marana, with full military honors, not far from where they lived. She doesn't want the smell of smoke to ever make her feel the way her mother did for so long. So on a Wednesday,she and Harry went to Costcoto buy fresh fruit. I asked my daughter's teachers not to call her a boy they reported me to social services. Legal Statement. A couple of firefighters approached the truck, curious how a civilian vehicle had gotten past the roadblocks. The burly engine man based out of Flagstaff, Ariz., clambered up a small rise of river rock to clip one of his department's T-shirts to the fence. One widow, Juliann Ashcraft, decided to leave Prescott altogether to spare her four children the discomfort of whispers and glares. A 20-year-old mother placed her son for adoption. As time wore on, Willis got back on the phone. belongs in a movie by dint of its chosen subject or characters. Juliann Ashcraft's husband Andrew was a three-year veteran of the Granite Mountain Hotshots - and one of the 19 firefighters killed Sunday in the Arizona wildfire. Stephanie replied. . Harry wants to raise Billie Grace the way her father would have. The movie is a 'As shocked as I was that my husband went to work and never came home, I'm equally shocked in how the city has treated our family since then,' Mrs Ashcraft, whose youngest child is just 18 months old, told CBS News. budgets, involving the online harassment of women, arewithout a word Family photographs reveal a picture perfect family as Juliann and Andrew are seen grinning and kissing, as well as laughing along with their four young children. The slopes that surround the community are laden with manzanita, evergreen, mountain mahogany and oak. Mr Ashcraft also sent his wife a picture of their view of the smoke and flames from his team's lunch spot on Sunday, and Juliann said that she was not particularly concerned when she saw it. The As a Prescott fire official would later recount, McDonough told his team to contact him on the radio if they needed anything. ", "I make my best decisions on my knees, and that's where I made this one," Ward said. They were ok but no way out. The fire had stretched out over more than 40,000 acres. The elite team, Ashcraft said, were like a family. Thats for your daddy, she told her. Billie Grace is 3, hardly ever still and the only girl in her Tiny Ninja class. Some of the more vocal widows became the target of stinging criticism; in online forums and letters to the editors, people called them greedy, disgusting or worse. Because of the dangers of the job, he would always tell us that he loved us.'. The boys have visited stations and gotten to climb on the engines. Only the Brave about Prescotts point of pride that the Granite As a result of the dispute, there were two separate memorial. A thunderstorm was brewing, and the winds had shifted nearly 180 degrees sending flames racing into Yarnell, where Lawton's small, block home sat at the base of a hill. Around the corner, Jennifer Parks of Phoenix was trying to explain to her 6-year-old son, Jake, that this was not where the fallen firefighters were buried. The 4-1 vote came at the same time that an army of Hotshots from around the West was returning to the area to battle a fire near Slide Rock State Park less than 100 miles from where their 19 Granite Mountain colleagues died. who is also Donuts most vicious harasser. Published: 14:36 GMT, 6 August 2013 | Updated: 22:49 GMT, 6 August 2013. "They were heroes to the people that they helped there. Just days after the men's deaths, Mrs Ashcraft revealed the last conversation she had with her husband - and her fears when he never responded to her text messages. Juliann Ashcraft's husband, Andrew, was hired as a member of the Granite Mountain Hotshots crew as a temporary worker in 2011 and was named rookie of the year. Security fears after YouTuber managed to tape phone to 'Petrified' student, 20, inspects her room every night after she was rushed to hospital when a spider bite Six people die, including three children, when their throats are sliced by KITE STRINGS at Indian festival. At the time, a weather station 6 miles away showed winds coming from the southwest at 10 mph. The City of Prescott is not named in this lawsuit, though it is named in a separate suit filed Wednesdayby Ms. Ashcraft, Ms. Warneke and Amanda Misner, another widow. Now Roxanne was headed to the Sonoita-Elgin Fire District station, near the first fire she had confronted since then. members of the company, the sixteen whose characters arent developed in He sent a photo of where he was sitting and what the fire looked like for them, at their lunch spot, Ashcraft said on TODAY Tuesday. its emphasis on individual initiative and private conflicts in isolation Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/AllenGBreed, Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. Harry is an ex-Marine with friends who are firefighters, so he, too, was tracking the fire. Her heart pounded, and she began to hyperventilate. Mr Ashcraft, like his colleagues, was protecting the people of Yarnell when he died, tragically leaving his young family without a husband, father or income. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. From his lookout post, McDonough saw the shift in winds and the fire suddenly coming toward him. received by the families of permanent or full-time employees. Billie Grace grinned. Andrew Ashcraft, 29, seen here with his wife, Juliann Ashcraft, was one of 19 elite "hotshot" firefighters killed in an Arizona wildfire this week. Widow of fallen Arizona firefighter recalls his last day. complete the jobs that they have started. This is the place for a spoiler alert, which, however, wont be a spoiler When some of the widows sought the benefits suspect, was the furthest thing from the filmmakers intentions. That Sunday morning, Ashcraft and the other 19 members of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew had been deployed to the ranching community of Yarnell to fight yet another wildfire. regarding themand about their locale and American times at Roxanne had married Billy in 2008, but they had known each other since high school. She said Wednesday that she would fight for. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Andrew Ashcraft, 29, died beside 18 of his 'Hotshot' comrades on June 30, He left behind his young wife, Juliann, and their four children, the youngest of whom is 18 months, Five weeks after the tragedy, Mrs Ashcraft has been denied the full lifetime benefits she was relying on to raise the couple's children, City of Prescott claims the Hotshot was one of 13 firefighters who were 'seasonal' workers, They say she is therefore only entitled to worker's compensation and a one off payment of $328,000, But Mr Ashcraft actually worked 40 hours a week all year round. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Only the August 5, 2013 / 7:54 PM Along the way, moods changed and perceptions shifted as the families laid bare their demands for answers about the deaths of a crew skilled on fighting fires in the wild and for fairness over the benefits for the wives and children left behind. Boy, 15, is convicted of murdering software engineer who was stabbed in the chest after a row at an Asda Money saving guru Martin Lewis reveals easy FIRST step to clearing thousands of pounds in debt, Farmer, 71, who appeared on BBC documentary This Farming Life is killed by one of his own cows. Around 10 a.m. Saturday, the Arizona State Forestry Division called in a pair of air tankers, a helicopter, some fire engines and a couple of hand crews. He was very upset with the city. Vote here and tell us why, Do not sell or share my personal information. 'It had to be a perfect storm in order for this to happen,' Prescott Fire Department spokesman Wade Ward told the Today show last month. With the detour, it was more than two hours before they got there. Her husband, Andrew, 29, was a former rookie of the year on the team and the father of four children, all younger than the age of 6. She worried how she would react. "Hey, chief," Marsh said. "I know that you love it," she told him. She added that she had been sending him pictures of their children swimming that day, and how his daughter had commented that she wished he was there to see the thunder storm with them. In fact, he was one of 19 wildland firefighters who died in the line of duty that day, with just one member of the crew surviving. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. They are asking the court to force the city to retroactively include their husbands on the states retirement system for public safety employees, which would entitle them and their children to health insurance, increased life insurance payments and the mens salaries. Ashcraft twice. Juliann Ashcraft, 28, said she will receive workers' compensations and a one-time federal payment of $328,000 in the death of her 29-year-old husband Andrew, who was among the Granite Mountain . Only six of the 19 firefighters are entitled to full-time benefits, the city claims. As it stands, the city had entered only six of the Hotshots 19 fallen members into this system, or those who were considered full-time employees. ", "How did you hear that?" The fire that swept over the Granite Mountain Hotshots left Juliann Ashcraft a widow. pregnant. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Read more here. telling residents and municipal workers that taxes might need to go up Enter your email to receive updates on our LDS Living content, 2022 LDS Living A Division of Deseret Book Company. The fires have burned 191,000 acres and claimed at least thirty-one lives, and more destruction may be yet to come. who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal.. It turns out that, just a few weeks after the tragedy, one widow, Her stepson, Travis, was a member of the Granite Mountain team. Their only precise request is for an audience with state forestry officials to determine conclusively the mistakes that were made and to see that the department develops procedures and policies to keep them from happening again. Money Splits a City Still Mourning Its Firefighters, https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/us/money-splits-a-city-still-mourning-its-firefighters.html. She said she learned of her husband's death while watching the news with their four children. Still, at first, officials determined this blaze to be small, posing no immediate threat to Yarnell's 700 residents. By Molly Hennessy-Fiske. Yet there she stood, her loss all too real. "Now I have four kids and myself, and I don't know what I'm going to do.". "As shocked as I was that my husband went to work and never came home, I'm equally shocked in how the city has treated our family since then," she said. . None of them answered all of her questions. Then his cellphone rang. about party identification or political campaignsat least as crucial Prescott stood united; millions of dollars in donations poured in for the surviving families to help pay for things like groceries, mortgages and counseling. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. ', Engulfed: 19 firefighters died as the wildfire spread near the Arizona town of Yarnell, Beneitone said athletic prowess was a must for the Hotshots. That's why he did what he did, because he want to protect the community where he lived. Ashcraft's plans may soon include a lawsuit against the city. It was approaching 5 p.m., and the winds were now coming from the north at 26 mph, with gusts to 43 mph. that were being denied them, city officials fueled only hostility, The firefighters are, the lawsuit says, the brightest spot in this story of incompetent mismanagement.. It was about 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 30, 2013 when Juliann Ashcraft started getting alarming phone messages from friends. attempting to get that honor on the cheap. yet is excluded from the movie, and that is at least as interesting Her husband, Andrew, 29, was a former rookie of the year on the team and the father of four children, all younger than the age of 6. and raises be delayed for another year because of what the deaths had Jax the Staffy is rescued after being stuck in a cave for two days, Man knocked out by a pool cue in violent pub brawl, Motorists slowly drive down snowy hill in treacherous conditions. That Sunday, Granite Mountain Hotshot Brendan McDonough was the eyes for the other 19 assigned to a nearby hillside to provide reports to the crew and keep watch on "trigger points," locations that when reached or crossed by a fire dictate a move to safer ground. In the end, the house Billy had dreamed of, the one he promised Roxanne, was built by firefighters, friends and neighbors, and complete strangers who donated money, time, labor and supplies. In their lawsuit, the families are asking for all available damages for the loss of their loved ones, including the loss of love, affection, companionship, care, protection and guidance, though they listed no specific amount. precision of its form, giving rise to its emotional efficiency and passionate marriage with Amanda (Jennifer Connelly), a horse trainer, She is Roxanne Preston now, having married a man named Harry Preston last summer. Juliann Ashcraft said she is desperate for help. His sister contends he belongs to her alone. understanding of the best way to fight wildfires, his crew must follow 'And we'll miss them. All rights reserved. after Prince Harry Is this the real reason Amazon 'axed' Jeremy Clarkson? "I want to be a fireman," Zak said. The art of storytelling is treacherous, and the new film Only the Missed: Juliann Ashcraft has received a rubber bracelet reading 'Be Good' that her husband was wearing when he died. Andrew Ashcraft was only in his third season with the Hotshots, but he'd been working toward the job for years. She breathedin and waited for the panic. Outside of the love he shared for his family members, hotshot firefighting was his life, his wife said. 'I said to them, "My husband was a full-time employee, he went to work full-time for you,"' she said, 'and their response to me was, "Perhaps there was a communication issue in your marriage."'. Heartbroken: Juliann Ashcraft, cries alongside her father Tom Ashcraft outside of the Granite Mountain Hotshot fire station in Prescott on Monday July 1, Struggle: Juliann Ashcraft, left, will only get a one-off payment of $328,000 and workers' compensation. Andrew Ashcraft, 29, was dad to four kids. decisions that go into the composition and the telling of stories have a couples stifled conflicts burst forth with some trenchant writing The couple was still playful. These men lived together. With his widow weeping in the audience, city officials voted Thursday to award full survivor and retirement benefits to the family of one of the part-time Arizona Hotshot firefighters who died fighting the devastating Yarnell Hill Fire almost a year ago. "Very few people do exactly what they do.". Still, during the summer wildfire season, it was not unusual for the couple to go weeks on end without any communication. Across from the Granite Mountain crew's headquarters in downtown Prescott, a chain-link fence has become a makeshift shrine. Wednesdays lawsuit by the families, filed in Maricopa County Superior Court, offers one possibility: A back burn ignited by Yavapai County Fire District crews essentially, a fire set on the vegetation that stands in the path of the coming flames, as a means of starving the flames of fuel may have critically impaired the Hotshots position, perhaps trapping them or feeding the conflagration. employment status of the men under his command than it does for the Relatively little has been known about the Presidents father, whose story reveals a familys fraught relationship with money, class, and alcohol. "We're coming down to the fire.". Anyone can read what you share. I saw that it kept growing, Roxanne said. 'We grieve for the family. or redistributed. CBS News obtained paperwork that shows Ashcraft did earn a full-time salary. firefighters courage and self-sacrifice. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! It was the deadliest wildfire ever in Arizona;19 men on the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew out of Prescott were killed. Restore radiance: This 8.99 'incredible' skin-brightening serum Amazon shoppers swear by gives you a 'Barely feels like you're wearing anything': Calvin Klein's bestselling signature cotton bralette is now 56% Shamima Begum boasts her journey to Syria was 'easy' and says she never considered turning back as BBC Two killed by 'armed' chickens: Men bleed to death after being sliced by knives fixed to roosters at Law student, 26, was told 'you sound like you're feeling a bit sorry for yourself' by nurse before dying, How did serial-prankster gain access to BBC studio? Legal Statement. The father of four always seized every opportunity to call or text Juliann while out on a job even if it meant hiking to the top of a mountain to get a signal. Less then two days after Andrew Ashcraft's life was taken, Juliann Ashcraft spoke about her husband and the other members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew. It was everything to him. Colleen had last seen Travis just days before, when he returned from working another blaze. It was 20 percent contained and awind had kicked up. Your Daddy Billy came to visit you? Harry asked. Mrs Ashcraft sobbed as she recounted the bravery of her beloved husband and his close unit of highly-trained 'hotshot' colleagues, who were overcome by the ferocious flames in Yarnell. As the bodies of the Granite Mountain Hotshots were recovered, it emerged that the team's 20th member survived as he was moving the crew's truck when the flames overcame his comrades. She and Billy used to go to nearby Patagonia often, to hike and fish, taking State Highway 83. 6. In fact, he was one of 19 wildland firefighters who died in the line of duty that day, with just one member of the crew surviving. Now she wondered if that were true. stirring dramatization, directed by Joseph Kosinski, based on a On the Fourth of July, firefighter Nik Christian stopped by to pay his respects. Most of the fire activity had been restricted to the north end of the blaze. Soon, Lawton's casual mood turned dark when a neighbor reported that town evacuations were underway. They made their way there on back roads. Her husband Andrew was 29 years old. A widow whose husband was killed courageously fighting a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona five weeks ago is being denied the lifetime benefits she was counting on to raise the couple's four young children alone. but, having grown up without his own father, Brendan is determined to Juliann Ashcraft insists that her husband was a full-time employee; she has hired a lawyer and is pondering a lawsuit over the issue, KPHO reports. Hotshots. Harry loaded 20 cases of oranges and 16 bags of apples, about 350 pounds in all, onto a cart and then into their truck. She said she had been texting her husband throughout the day - with him telling her how much he loved and missed her, and how proud he was of their young children - until he abruptly stopped. "I said to them, 'My husband was a full-time employee, he went to work full-time for you,'" she said, "and their response to me was, 'Perhaps there was a communication issue in your marriage.'". Juliann said she sent her husband a photo of their four children, all under 6, swimming. Devastation is not soothed by a monetary award, Patrick J. McGroder III, the Phoenix-based lawyer who is representing the families, said in an interview. He can be reached at features@ap.org. fool, getting into fights, getting arrested, getting kicked out of his Willis and three other men sat vigil with the firefighters all night, until their bodies were removed the next morning and transported to a medical examiner's office. These men worked together," she said. Jake's 4-year-old brother, Zak, stopped at a circle of tiny toy firetrucks and pointed to one that looked like one of his own back home. That legal designation means that, despite Erics profound In the months that followed, tributes on storefronts, on bumper stickers and along the mesh-iron fence surrounding Station 7, the firefighters home base stood as glaring reminders of a tragedy no one here has forgotten. Not long after she saw the news report, Juliann Ashcraft opened her door to find a police officer outside. It was unclear exactly how the crew became trapped. Juliann Ashcraft and her husband Andrew were twenty-somethings with four young children when he died in the line of duty in Prescott, Arizona on June 30, 2013. "We could really use some rain over here," he replied. Extraordinary moment shirtless Michael Clarke and Karl Stefanovic face off in a wild late-night scuffle - as MailOnline readers back Jeremy Clarkson to keep his job on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? the outfit see him as physically and mentally unfit (they give him the peoplewhite peoplego out of their way to help each other. Ashcraft, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was honored to be a member of the Hotshot crew, and 'he just had a really sweet spirit about him,' Elise Smith, a Prescott, Arizona, resident, told The Deseret News of Salt Lake City. 'He had some athletic ability in him and he was a go-getter, too. Then in the next breath he added, "I want to be Batman.". They fought fires together. "News?? Firefighters battling a blaze in Yarnell, Ariz., last year. This day, so far, had been different. Once known as "Rich Hill" for the acres of gold nuggets discovered by prospectors in the 1860s, the town lies 80 miles northwest of Phoenix at 4,800 feet above sea level, leading to the motto, "Where a Desert Breeze Meets the Mountain Air.". His guys. YARNELL, Ariz. There's one room in Juliann Ashcraft's home that serves a solemn, almost sacred purpose. influence.). As they unloaded the truck, Roxanne could smell the fire. In fact, he was one of 19 wildland firefighters who died in the line of duty that day, with just one member of the crew surviving. "No, honey," she said gently. nonfiction account in GQ by Sean Flynn (and co-produced by Cond Nast surges to the surface of the action only very late in the film, when the Because shewants her daughter to respect fire, to be mindful of it, but not to be afraid. Victim of Serial Rapist Identifies Her Attacker to His Future Neighbors Ahead of His Prison Release. But the city of Prescott, where the Hotshots were based, is now claiming he was a seasonal worker, despite him working a 40 hour week year round, and denying Mrs Ashcraft full benefits. possibility that there might be anyone besides white people in Prescott). There was a critical time period when I feel that if the city officials had shown a little bit of heart, a certain amount of caring, they could have resolved the differences, but they turned their backs on families, Dan Fraijo, Prescotts fire chief at the time of the Hotshots deaths, said in an interview. Andrew Ashcraft, 29, of Prescott, Ariz., was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of 19 firefighters who died battling a fire that swept through Yarnell, Ariz., on Sunday. Juliann Ashcraft's husband Andrew was a three-year veteran of the Granite Mountain Hotshots - and one of the 19 firefighters killed Sunday in the Arizona wildfire. She was named Billie Grace, for her father. "I want to be able to just be mourning my husband, be supporting my children, be figuring out what our new normal is," she said. She responded by asking whether he and his crew would be sleeping in the field that night. But while it offered some comfort, the image was also foreboding. The smell of smoke could still make Roxanne panic. On Monday, there will be parallel ceremonies here: one for the families, organized by the firefighters union at the cemetery where many of the Hotshots are buried, and another organized by the city, at its Courthouse Square. Dozens of framed pictures of a mustached man with his family and comrades cover the room . My Daddy Billy? Billie Grace asked. She was eating pizza with friends when the boy rushed up to her and asked if she could sew a button back on his shirt. They focus on safety for wildland firefighters, lobbying for policy changes and independent investigations. David Wallace / The Arizona Republic via AP file, the local Prescott ENews website reported, less than 100 miles from where their 19 Granite Mountain colleagues died. Ashcraft launched an online petition at Change.org asking the city of Prescott to "immediately approve Andrew Ashcraft's benefits that will provide a secure future for his wife Juliann, Ryder (6), Shiloh (4), Tate (3), and Choice (18 mo)." At the time this article was written, it had already garnered more than 65,000 signatures. Jeremy Hunt is mocked over toe-curling 'inflation explainer' video with Aldi and Lidl shoppers face highest inflation hikes: Cost of basic groceries rise by more than 20% at the Is inflation FINALLY on the way down? out can be far more revealing than what they choose to include. bonding (male bonding) thats part of the discipline and the teamwork After the viewing, prompted by curiosity, I looked (very / CBS News. 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