Pat Mccarty Granite Mountain

Panelists at a wednesday night june 19 fundraiser talked about the granite mountain hotshot tragedy and only the brave.

Pat mccarty granite mountain.

Pat mccarty who was a granite mountain hotshot for a few years before the yarnell fire worked with mcdonough as technical advisor on the film. Pat mccarty left prescott fire department captain and former granite mountain hotshot stands with fellow hotshots jesse steed and clayton whitted in sequoia national forest. Pa mccarty and. As the arizona republic reports in order to accurately portray the granite mountain hotshots the production team hired a former granite mountain hotshot member pat mccarty as the film s.

One of pat s favorite roles was providing support to the wildland fire crew that would eventually become the granite mountain hotshots. Left to right john marsh pat mccarty. Through hope determination sacrifice and the drive to protect families and communities the granite mountain hotshots become one of the most elite firefighting teams in the country. Most people don t know what hotshots are and that s just the way hotshots like it says pat mccarty a former granite mountain hotshot who left the crew in 2010.

He captured video footage thinking he was looking at a town about to burn when suddenly around 3 pm the thunderhead collapses and creates outflow winds that quickly change the fire s direction. Granite mountain hotshots survivor brendan mcdonough left and former hotshot pat mccarty consulted with the filmmakers about their crew and the fire for only the brave which recounts the. Pat mccarty was a former granite mountain hotshot who served as a consultant. Pat loved those.

I would relate it to special operations in the military branch said pat mccarty a former granite mountain hotshot who left the unit before last year s deadly fire to start a family.