This movie is probably the hardest movie I’ve ever watched. The way it was filmed and the acting was just.... it hits you in ways other movies about loss can’t.

A true story. Rest In Peace to all those brave men

I'm so glad you posted this reaction video. This is a very underrated movie that I came across by accident, it's one of the best true stories I've ever seen. The casting and performances are off-the-charts and the level of detail is astonishing. They even captured the exact communications between the Hotshots and the support teams. Every syllable, the frustration, the hesitation, even every stutter on the two way radios is exactly as it really happened. The fire was moving at twenty to thirty miles an hour. The fastest humans can sprint about 28 miles an hour on asphalt. The Hotshots only had about two minutes to create a burn barrier around them, just not enough time. Their protective shelters can withstand a few hundred degrees. The human lung can only handle one breath of 300 degree air. The fire was fueled by thick underbrush being pushed by a high wind, it was estimated to be over 2000 degrees when it came through. God knows the nineteen Hotshots are in heaven. If God sent them to hell, they'd just put it out.

That part with Eric's wife when she hears the news is one of the most painful scenes I've ever watched

I remember the day this happened, at kai bab near kanab Utah, my crew had to halt our operations and our chief fire officer had to drive almost a 100 miles to tell us that we lost granite mountain hot shots, our crew is SPAF southern paiute agency fire, Our chief was distressed and was crying and he wanted to check on us after this tragic event, back than I was a rookie trying to earn my seasons, but I remember getting down on one knee with 20 of fire veterans, paying our moment of silence for those so far away our fallen brothers. I never thought that this tragic event would become a movie...I'm a 7 seven year firefighter and 5 year emt to this covid day and age, now I'm still alive in the new year of 2022, I'm planning on becoming a hotshot with all my experience when I was a young man, I believe in dying for doing what's right and paying the price for doing something you love to save others is more than being human. Happy new year 2022 and I really hope covid will be a thing of a past. God bless and love what you are living for. HJH

The ending music part breaks my heart. Knowing they all have or just started a family. I cried so hard watching this movie.

I've been fighting wildfires for 5 years and this movie was spot on for technical accuracy. We saw the case study on the Yarnell fire when I first started so I knew how it would end, and they got it all right. I always cry at the end, even this video made me tear up. Glad you saw it.

Lion. Empire of The Sun. Interstellar. Happy tears. Atleast for me. The ending of this movie was a punch in a gut. I went in blind and came out with a new found respect for wild fires and those who battle them. Living on the east coast of the US you aren't really exposed to that threat. I know a lot of people were against the making of the film, but I felt that it made its mark. I cracked when they died...and completely lost it during the end credits. Just seeing the actual Hot Shots and how young they all were. Devastating.

If you have the stomach for it you can listen to the actual radio calls between Granite Mountain Hot Shots and the air command. They didn’t drop the water cause the pilots couldn’t hear Granite mountain over the other people on the same radio frequency

The fire shelters help with radiant heat. Its not meant to handle direct flame impingement. That fire was just too big.

I live in Prescott where the granite mountain hot shots were located and they have a 19 rock formation on top of the hill so we never forget

"I knew they would die because everything they recommend is heartbreaking."

There's an article (from Outsider Magazine I think) that details what probably happened. While maneuvering to get into position to fight the fire, the team entered into a geographic depression, temporarily losing sight of the fire (a no-no procedure, but the team leader may have determined the situation called for it, in order to either fight or evade the fire). During this time there was a major wind shift as well as wind gusts that not only changed the fire direction but also intensity. The team was caught in a draw I believe which funneled the fire, increasing its intensity even more. The fire burned so hot that it caused the rocks on the mountain to crack. The team died in place, but their radios survived and continued to function, giving rescuers false hope until their bodies were discovered.

I come from three generations of wildland firefighters…..when this movie came out, it was so heartbreaking. A friend of mine was there in Yarnell that day….and he will never watch this film because he heard the final radio call from the Granite Mountain Hotshots.

Thanks for reacting to this movie. It's such an emotional movie. Not enough recognition! It became one of my favourites.

First time I trained to use a fire shelter... Thought it was a joke! When you’re in it, you don’t feel very safe - popcorn was the first thing that came to mind. But it’s all you got, things have to go horribly wrong to use one.

I am so glad somebody is actually reacting to this. I love this movie so much and I have a sister-in-law who was she was single worked forest fires and she was supposed to be on that fire but because of a clerical error she wasn’t UV light

They go in when others go out. It takes a special kind of person. I grew up in Montana, very heavy fire country up there. Not far from my old home is a small gully at the end of a canyon we call the Gates of the Mountains, Mann Gulch. In 1949, 15 smokejumpers jumped in there to try and stop a lighting fire that had started in the gulch. They were joined by a fire guard from a nearby campground. They planned to move down to the bottom of the very steep gulch to the Missouri River, keeping it to their backs while they attacked the fire. But the fire suddenly became a blowup, fueled by a sudden dry wind that swept into the valley. Roaring like a jet engine, the blaze crowned over the trees, cutting off their path to the river. Realizing that there was now nothing they could do to stop it, the boys all dumped their gear and ran for the top of the ridge. They weren’t firefighters anymore, all they could do was survive. But that blowup moved very fast, it racing through that tall grass like an orange wave of death. Seeing this, the jumper’s leader started his own fire in the grass, trying to stay in the black where there was nothing to burn. He tried to get the others to join him in the ashes, but they didn’t listen. They ran for the rocks that lined the top of the gulch, but they had to climb a 50-70 degree slope as the fire kicked at their heels. The leader survived in his spotfire, but most of his crew were not so lucky. Of the fifteen guys that made for the ridge, only two successfully made up over the top. They hid in a landslide as the fire raged past them. Their leader joined them afterwards as a helicopter flew in to take them to med centers and to recover the fallen. In Mann Gulch today, there are thirteen white crosses that mark the places where the smokejumpers fell, and the C-47 airplane that dropped them in there has been restored and is flying again today under the name “Miss Montana.” The Mann Gulch campground was closed, the hills soon eventually became green again, and that steep valley now stand undisturbed in memory to fallen heroes… Robert J. Bennett, age 22, from Paris, Tennessee Eldon E. Diettert, age 19, from Moscow, Idaho, (died on his 19th birthday) James O. Harrison, Helena National Forest Fire Guard, age 20, from Missoula, Montana William J. Hellman, age 24, from Kalispell, Montana Philip R. McVey, age 22, from Babb, Montana David R. Navon, age 28, from Modesto, California Leonard L. Piper, age 23, from Blairsville, Pennsylvania Stanley J. Reba, age 25, from Brooklyn, New York Marvin L. Sherman, age 21, from Missoula, Montana Joseph B. Sylvia, age 24, from Plymouth, Massachusetts Henry J. Thol Jr., age 19, from Kalispell, Montana Newton R. Thompson, age 23, from Alhambra, California Silas R. Thompson, age 21, from Charlotte, North Carolina Survivors: R. Wagner (Wag) Dodge, age 33, from Missoula, Montana. Passed away in 1954 Walter B. Rumsey, age 21, from Larned, Kansas. Passed away in 1980. Robert W. Sallee, age 17, from Willow Creek, Montana. Passed away in 2014.

I’m from California so the big fires were started by dry lightning but as they were almost under control the gender reveal smoke machine started a new fire that made things so much worse. It was a difficult time.

I am going to hike the Granite Mountain Hotshot Memorial Trail tomorrow.....I am from Arizona and was heartbroken when this happened 😔. Rest In Peace heros

Watching this for the first time with my mum and we had no idea it was a true story and we were just in pieces at the end then their real pictures came up and Damn

Wildfires can move extremely fast, especially with the 40 mile per hour winds pushing the fire. It will increase flame intensity and bend the flames over, allowing for the fire to reach vegetation further in front and dramatically increase rate of spread; while also pretreating (priming the unburned vegetation by drying and increasing temp) and can even cause the fuels to combust from extreme heat. The large main fire will throw embers in front of the fire causing multiple ignitions called spot fires. The shelters are only capable of reflecting heat, but once it reaches a certain temperature and if there is direct flame contact, the shelters become useless.

I’m surprised more people haven’t reacted to this movie.

You guys would enjoy the other films from this director such as Lone Survivor or Deepwater Horizon. They are also true stories.

Being from Prescott, this movie tears me up. I have a hard time even visiting the memorial inside the small mall up there. But the amount of pride my town has in these 19 fallen heroes, and amount of honor they give them, has always blown me away. I remember hearing about the news the day it happened before I lived in Prescott. I lived in Phoenix at the time and even the news broke my mom down to tears.

Was that the great Jennifer Connelly? She's unbelievable.

I can see Granite mountain from my backyard. Very powerful movie, saw it in theaters with some fellow fireman and we all cried.

One of the most underrated movies of all time.

Brendon he sent you to that truck cause he loved you so so much that he didn’t want your little girl to grow up without a daddy.

Multiple fires were happening in Northern, Central, and Southern California. The gender reveal (Bobcat?) fire was only one of them.

Truly one of the saddest movies I’ve ever seen.

I already commented, but when you said every movie that is suggested is heartbreaking I laughed so hard my sides hurt.

RIP the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots Andrew Ashcraft (February 15, 1984 - June 30, 2013), aged 29 Robert Caldwell (August 7, 1989 - June 30, 2013), aged 23 Travis Carter (August 7, 1982 - June 30, 2013), aged 31 Dustin DeFord (December 13, 1988 - June 30, 2013), aged 24 Christopher Mackenzie (September 12, 1982 - June 30, 2013), aged 30 Eric Marsh (September 29, 1969 - June 30, 2013), aged 43 Grant McKee (May 18, 1992 - June 30, 2013), aged 21 Sean Misner (April 8, 1987 - June 30, 2013), aged 26 Scott Norris (October 12, 1984 - June 30, 2013), aged 28 Wade Parker (October 30, 1990 - June 30, 2013), aged 22 John Percin Jr. (November 11, 1988 - June 30, 2013), aged 24 Anthony Rose (October 10, 1989 - June 30, 2013), aged 23 Jesse Steed (September 28, 1976 - June 30, 2013), aged 36 Joe Thurston (February 5, 1981 - June 30, 2013), aged 32 Travis Turbyfill (March 25, 1986 - June 30, 2013), aged 27 William Warneke (August 13, 1987 - June 30, 2013), aged 25 Clayton Whitted (June 27, 1985 - June 30, 2013), aged 28 Kevin Woyjeck (September 5, 1991 - June 30, 2013), aged 21 Garrett Zuppiger (December 14, 1985 - June 30, 2013), aged 27 You will always be remembered as legends and heroes.

The bigger wildfires get, generally the faster they move

You should definitely wash Deepwater Horizon amazing movies just like this one based on a real story

This movie just broke my heart! I cried and cried. RIP to those brave men!

You can watch the actual events on KZfaq filmed by other firefighters. You can even hear the Granite Mountain crew on the radios as it happens

A wildfire can move 10- 20 km per hour depending on the terrain...

For a delightful old comedy, try "Arsenic and Old Lace"

Seeing Ladi cry broke me a little.

Sometimes, the only thing that is worse than dying, is surviving…

Im from uk and seeing this makes you appreciate those who put so much on the line daily for us to live comfortable. RIP to the fine young men and women who never make it home from uk to usa

I hope you stayed through the credits - they showed each member of the actual crew.

Ellie shared my exact thoughts when I watched this movie ... There is no-one in that room for him at the end they literally all wish he was one of the dead, its so hard but understandable.

Great reaction! You guys should try The Grey

11:00 the fire is burning so much oxygen it will literally such the air out of lungs

broke my heart watching this chick's reaction, not knowing it was a true story....this week will be 8 years ago...never forget

Thank you so much for this reaction! Please react to "Backdraft" next or "Ladder 49"

Thanks for reacting 🤘🖤🦇🤘

you should react to Braking Bad !!! its Awesome ! :) keep it up!

I still cry like a baby when i watch this movie

Only 2 movies have made me cry, this one and Red Dog

Please react to The Green Mile.

People used to make fun of us they said that’s only job you can find. No fear only duty

Yes fire spreads that fast.

Some fires are started by man and some of them are started by nature. I have personally seen both. I still have not been able to bring myself to watch this movie in full. It just hits a little to close for me.

Just watched this movie and damn that was crushing

Please take a look at the movie...HOLD THE DARK ...Live in Alaska ..Twisted plot ..Also watch ...Terms of Endearment & Ordinary People .Both older films Classic Families in USA

If u want to see shows with magic and old times check out the legend of the seeker

That's true but that's how we fight fire with fire

The bear motif only happened when Marsh was asleep. Once in the beginning of the movie. Once in the middle, and once at the end

this is a real story only 19 of 20 firefighters died

You guys should watch backdraft and ladder 49

This is a great reaction and a great film another you should see which I don’t know if you’ll see this is deep water horizon

Watching this movie again all I hear is Thanos being wildland firefighter lol

what happend in the years after this tragedy was even worse,should do a little Google.Greetings from Germany

If you didn't cry at the end of this movie or didn't know the story before watching, youre a soulless creep, or don't know anyone or work yourself career or volunteer as a firefighter, 3rd generation here

Watch Machine Gun Preacher, lifechanging movie

Y’all need something funny now. Have you seen Clueless or Rat Race??

react to man of honor is an excellent movie

uuuu do the people who did the reaction not realize that this really happened?

have you reacted to the series The 100?

imaginable, literally the worst way to die...

no one ever watches it to the credits.....its literally the saddest part in the movie....

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Buen video.

It’s not your fault my friend the firepoof blank Without stable I know all your friends die in the fire I know you that Plane ✈️ has a water full Forgot put out the fire 🧯 I don’t know what to save your friends It is not mistake my friend I know you’ll make the right choice you just left your friends die All your wife and child and baby are hurt because that fire 🔥

You need a funny movie. Try the original version of "We're no Angels" with Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, and Peter Ustinov...

what i learned from this film is a confirmation of something i always belived. Do not folllow over zealous im the best im the hero gung ho leaders....

So annoying get your faces off and keep the movie in place. Just saying.

terrible editing. You two can do better.

You need to watch the ending still!!