19 Firefighters Killed

It is tough to break away from celebrity and gossip, but I think it is just as important to take a minute and honor the 19 firefighters in Arizona who gave their lives fighting a fire. It is the most firefighters killed in a wildfire in 80 years. You have to go back to the Griffith Fire here in LA that killed 29. Of course, the single highest loss of life for firefighters was during 9/11.

These firefighters in Arizona were elite. These were not just guys brought in who usually fight house fires. They only fight wildfires and knew exactly what they were doing, but just got caught up in the fire. All 19 of them had deployed their tent shelters which they are trained to cover themselves with if they are overrun. None of the shelters protected them though and they all died.