McKee died alongside his cousin Robert Caldwell. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Photograph: Julie Jacobson/AP Fourteen of the victims were in their 20s. McKee was one of 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, based in Prescott, who were killed Sunday when a windblown wildfire overcame them north of Phoenix. Grant McKee hangs on a fence outside the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew fire station, Tuesday, Jin Prescott, Ariz. He took great pride in what he did." Grant McKee, 21 He said he took "great solace" that his son was committed his profession. "He cared a great deal for his new wife and stepson," Dave Caldwell said. "We are extremely proud of him and we just want the rest of the world to know that," Dave Caldwell, Robert's father told NBC10 on Tuesday.Ĭaldwell had married his wife, Claire, in November and had a five-year-old stepson called Zion. He was compassionate and caring about his crew," John Marsh told the Jefferson Post. He had been involved in firefighting since he left school, his father said. He moved to Arizona eight years ago, his father, John Marsh, told North Carolina's WBTV. The 43-year-old was originally from North Carolina and studied at Appalachian State University. Marsh was the superintendent of the Granite Mountain Hotshots and the eldest in the group. This 2012 photo provided by Scott Marsh shows Eric Marsh, left, superintendent of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, during a visit with his cousin Scott Marsh in North Carolina. "He loved what he was doing, and that brings me some peace of heart." Eric Marsh, 43 "He was the kind of guy that his smile lit up the whole room and everyone would just rally around him," he said. He did so well and helped so much in Crown King. Retired Crown King firefighter Greg Flores told the newspaper that Rose "just blossomed in the fire department. One of the youngest victims, Rosa grew up in Wisconsin and had worked as a firefighter in Crown King before moving to Prescott, USA Today reported. Because of the dangers of the job, he would always tell us that he loved us." Anthony Rose, 23 "But he let us know that he loved us and missed us. "It still did not look as catastrophic as it turned out to be," she said. He sent a picture of the crew's view of smoke and flames. He never replied.Īshcraft said she texted her husband pictures of the couples' four children swimming that day. Her last message to him was: "Will you be sleeping out there tonight?," she said. His wife, Juliann Ashcraft, told NBC's Today show that she had been texting her husband on Sunday. The Ashcraft family Photograph: Ashcraft Family/AP
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