May 13, 2016
Brendan McDonough, left, took this shot while hiking to a fire line. Also pictured are hotshots Robert Caldwell, Philip Maldonado, and Clayton Whitted. The photo is one of several included McDonough’s memoir, “My Lost Brothers; The Untold Story by the Yarnell Hill Fire’s Lone Survivor.” Caldwell and Whitted died in the Yarnell Hill fire.
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Brendan McDonough writes movingly in his memoir about his struggle to deal with the memories, the guilt, and the notoriety he faced after he survived a wildfire that claimed the lives of his 19 fellow Granite Mountain Hotshots.
By Cindy Barks
May 13, 2016