Juliann Ashcraft, an LDS wife and mother, appeared on the "Today" show and CBS news Tuesday morning to discuss her husband, who has been hailed as a hero. Juliann Ashcraft said she is desperate for help. Only six of the 19 firefighters are entitled to full-time benefits, the city claims. (Forrest Fyre), and Eric is authorized to seek Type 1 certification for Ashcraft launched an online petition at Change.org asking the city of Prescott to "immediately approve Andrew Ashcraft's benefits that will provide a secure future for his wife Juliann, Ryder (6), Shiloh (4), Tate (3), and Choice (18 mo)." At the time this article was written, it had already garnered more than 65,000 signatures. Click here to share your story. Her husband Andrew was 29 years old. 'We're devastated. She felt like she wanted to do something to help. You gotta be very physically fit, and you gotta like it, gotta like the hard work.'. Her stepson, Travis, was a member of the Granite Mountain team. That afternoon Juliann texted to report that it was raining at their house in nearby Prescott. Her husband, Andrew, 29, was a former "rookie of the year" on the team and the father of four children, all younger than the age of 6. "Welcome to Yarnell," he hollered facetiously. When Roxanne introduced herself to the firefighters at the station, she told them that her husband had been one of the 19 hotshots killed in the Yarnell fire. Another board member, Wade Ward of the Prescott Fire Department, said the question was difficult because "everything that we've gone through and continue to go through is unprecedented. Around 6 a.m., Darrell Willis, chief of the Prescott Fire Department's Wildland Fire Division, was loading his truck with containers of eggs, sausage, potatoes and fruit for the crews when his phone rang. Juliann Ashcraft, 28, said she will receive workers' compensations and a one-time federal payment of $328,000 in the death of her 29-year-old husband Andrew, who was among the Granite Mountain . Each man's family prayed that their son-husband-brother had been the lucky one. In 2015, she was caught off guard when she got a whiff of the Finger Rock Fire in Tucson from a distance and had a panic attack. Nineteen of the crews 20 members deployed their fire shelters a thermal capsule of sorts that is meant to protect them from intense heat, but not direct contact with flames on a brush-choked basin at the foot of a mountain, after leaving a spot up above that the fire had already scorched. We love them.'. CBS News has seen paperwork showing Mr Ashcraft did infact earn a full-time salary as a firefighter for the city of Prescott. fool, getting into fights, getting arrested, getting kicked out of his the firefighters. the film. These men worked together," she said. As time wore on, Willis got back on the phone. Her palms grew sweaty. telling residents and municipal workers that taxes might need to go up A widow whose husband was killed courageously fighting a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona five weeks ago is being denied the lifetime benefits she was counting on to raise the couple's four young children alone. In high school, he'd spend hours after classes studying fire science. In fact, he was one of 19 wildland firefighters who died in the line of duty that day, with just one member of the crew surviving. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. She said she learned of her husband's death while watching the news with their four children. But she's been denied the lifetime benefits she was counting on to raise her four children, the youngest of whom is 18 months old. 'That's what it takes. Andrew Ashcraft, pictured left, was one of the 19 firefighters who died. the local fire chief, Duane Steinbrink (Jeff Bridges, in a performance Relatively little has been known about the Presidents father, whose story reveals a familys fraught relationship with money, class, and alcohol. Market data provided by Factset. Juliann Ashcraft said her husband took on a new position as "lead saw" this season and that crew chief Eric Marsh, who also died in the fire, had pursued benefits for him. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Juliann Ashcraft, the widow of fallen firefighter Andrew Ashcraft, one of 19 men who sacrificed his life battling a wildfire Sunday outside of Yarnell, Ariz., discussed the final text messages and photos she shared with her husband hours before he died. stirring, effective, patriotic propaganda for a picture of America that Harry is an ex-Marine with friends who are firefighters, so he, too, was tracking the fire. Stephanie replied. Market data provided by Factset. With family and friends to look after the children, she headed to Prescott's Mile High Middle School to grieve with the other families. That Sunday, Granite Mountain Hotshot Brendan McDonough was the eyes for the other 19 assigned to a nearby hillside to provide reports to the crew and keep watch on "trigger points," locations that when reached or crossed by a fire dictate a move to safer ground. unified in its grief and mourninginto open conflict. stretched out over more than 40,000 acres. Just days after the men's deaths, Mrs Ashcraft revealed the last conversation she had with her husband - and her fears when he never responded to her text messages. "Haven't heard from him all day. Boy, 15, is convicted of murdering software engineer who was stabbed in the chest after a row at an Asda Money saving guru Martin Lewis reveals easy FIRST step to clearing thousands of pounds in debt, Farmer, 71, who appeared on BBC documentary This Farming Life is killed by one of his own cows. We grieve for the department. She never took her eyes off his casket until it was lowered into the ground. rich in wry humor and lived-in wisdom), vouches for them to the mayor peoplewhite peoplego out of their way to help each other. First published on August 5, 2013 / 7:54 PM. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Our kids will remember them as heroes as well.. "They loved what they did. In the months that followed, tributes on storefronts, on bumper stickers and along the mesh-iron fence surrounding Station 7, the firefighters home base stood as glaring reminders of a tragedy no one here has forgotten. None of them answered all of her questions. It was Eric Marsh, superintendent of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, who were based out of Willis' department. Nineteen men, members of an elite "Hotshot" team, died Sunday battling the out-of-control wildfire Sunday outside Yarnell, Ariz. 'He was the most amazing man,' she said. Last month, at a hearing over extending benefits for Ms. Ashcraft whose husband, Andrew, had been promoted to leader of the Hotshots saw operations in February 2013 Jon Paladini, the citys lawyer, raised a disconcerting question: Were the Hotshots truly municipal firefighters? They talked about a freak storm, and said the men appeared to have done everything by the book. The crew had barely gotten home from a different blaze when word came that the team was needed again. 'As shocked as I was that my husband went to work and never came home, I'm equally shocked in how the city has treated our family since then,' Mrs Ashcraft, whose youngest child is just 18 months old, told CBS News. A 20-year-old mother placed her son for adoption. But the city insists Ashcraft and 12 others were seasonal employees and are therefore not entitled to the lifetime salaries and health benefits -- worth millions -- given to the six full-time Hotshots. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. "I know that you love it," she told him. All rights reserved. Not this time. large, that are inseparable from the real-life story that it is telling. "We've got a great crew," the 27-year-old father of two young girls said. Roxanne buried Billy in the veterans sections of a cemetery in Marana, with full military honors, not far from where they lived. A week later, the fire these men died fighting burns on, although it is almost fully contained. Because the town of Prescott deemed some of its firefighters to be temporary or seasonal, those victims families were denied the benefits that were being "It was brown, then it was black, it then turned red and the flames topped the hill," Lawton would later recall. They pay to replace or update equipment. Allen G. Breed is a national writer, based in Raleigh, N.C. Juliann Ashcraft's husband, Andrew, was hired as a member of the Granite Mountain Hotshots crew as a temporary worker in 2011 and was named rookie of the year. She is Roxanne Preston now, having married a man named Harry Preston last summer. Read more here. / CBS News. She was eating pizza with friends when the boy rushed up to her and asked if she could sew a button back on his shirt. Juliann Ashcraft insists that her husband was a full-time employee; she has hired a lawyer and is pondering a lawsuit over the issue, KPHO reports. Back in Prescott, Juliann Ashcraft was watching television with her children Ryder, 6; Shiloh, 4; Tate Andrew, 2; and Choice, 1. Following standard procedure, they also mapped out an escape route. By nightfall, the fire was just 15 acres in size, though the town fire department warned residents: "Be on high alert if the wind changes direction.". Blue Ridge had helped battle the blaze that killed Billy and the hotshot crew. . women who lost their husbands in the disaster. "19 fatalities. As the Hotshots attacked the blaze from the ground and aircraft dropped retardant from above, Yarnell school board member Eric Lawton was returning home from a trip. The local firefighters union said of the 13 hotshots denied full benefits, Andrew Ashcraft was the only one to work 40 hours a week year round. and how narrow narrative designs are methods for keeping uncomfortable political, as Fernanda Santos reported in 2014, in the Times. Missed: Juliann Ashcraft has received a rubber bracelet reading 'Be Good' that her husband was wearing when he died. This day, so far, had been different. Mr Ashcraft also sent his wife a picture of their view of the smoke and flames from his team's lunch spot on Sunday, and Juliann said that she was not particularly concerned when she saw it. Drivers could only need an MOT every two years under new government plans to save owners money - despite How much will YOUR broadband go up in price? So on a Wednesday,she and Harry went to Costcoto buy fresh fruit. He insisted on tucking the children in each night and leading them in their prayers. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. The firefighters are, the lawsuit says, the brightest spot in this story of incompetent mismanagement.. pregnant. Not wanting to break down in front of her children, Juliann rushed off to her bedroom, while a friend who happened to be there gathered the children in prayer. Faced with those facts, what mother, father, spouse or child wouldnt want further inquiry?, Dozens of homeowners and business owners in the old gold-mining village of Yarnell, which was partly charred by the blaze, also sued the states forestry agency this week. or redistributed. She said Wednesday that she would fight for. At the time, a weather station 6 miles away showed winds coming from the southwest at 10 mph. Maybe, thought Willis, they're just out of radio contact. Death toll: The Yarnell wildfire is the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years. Her husband was in his third season with the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew out of Prescott, Arizona. To expand the content of Only the Brave would entail expanding its Firefighter Joe Thurston. The criteria were the same as those applied Juliann Ashcraft, a widow of a Granite Mountain Hotshot, said she left Prescott, Ariz., to spare her children the discomfort of whispers and glares. a supervisor asked him. were killed fighting a wildfire near Yarnell, Ariz. The burly engine man based out of Flagstaff, Ariz., clambered up a small rise of river rock to clip one of his department's T-shirts to the fence. Now the fire had shut down that route. Harry wants to raise Billie Grace the way her father would have. When some of the widows sought the benefits With the detour, it was more than two hours before they got there. decisions that go into the composition and the telling of stories have a . But being the wife of a firefighter is like becoming part of a family. They were ok but no way out. Brave is spare, clear, direct storytellingand the tightly bounded But Mrs Ashcraft, still mourning the loss of her 29-year-old hero, is desperate for help, as the costs associated with bringing up four children mount. That Sunday morning, Ashcraft and the other 19 members of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew had been deployed to the ranching community of Yarnell to fight yet another wildfire. He was very upset with the entire City Council because they made it so hard for him to get benefits for that position, Amanda Marsh said. Billy had served four years in the Marine Corps, including a tour in Iraq. the house Billy had dreamed of, the one he promised Roxanne, was built by firefighters, friends and neighbors, and complete strangers, They focus on safety for wildland firefighters, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. life at large, or even into the life that surrounds them in their own He was very upset with the city. Andrew Ashcraft, 29, of Prescott, Ariz., was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of 19 firefighters who died battling a fire that swept through Yarnell, Ariz., on Sunday. While her. We just lost 19 of the finest people you'll ever meet.'. Of course, there was no reply," she said. That legal designation means that, despite Erics profound Roxanne had married Billy in 2008, but they had known each other since high school. It didnt come. Ad Choices, The Familial Furies of Noah Baumbachs The Meyerowitz Stories, Harvey Weinstein and the Illusion of the Vulgar But Passionate Old-Hollywood Studio Boss, The Wildfires Ravaging Northern California. When Travis was in kindergarten, he drew a picture of a fire truck and titled it, "When I grow up. The couple was still playful. Harry loaded 20 cases of oranges and 16 bags of apples, about 350 pounds in all, onto a cart and then into their truck. All rights reserved. She wants Billie Grace to meet people who did the work her father did. The highly-skilled team was overtaken by a fast-moving blaze stoked by hot winds on Sunday. As they left the fire station, Roxanne washappy they made the trip. suspect, was the furthest thing from the filmmakers intentions. Most of the fire activity had been restricted to the north end of the blaze. The movie is a Ashcraft did not think it would be this much of an issue. ', Engulfed: 19 firefighters died as the wildfire spread near the Arizona town of Yarnell, Beneitone said athletic prowess was a must for the Hotshots. In fact, he was one of 19 wildland firefighters who died in the line of duty that day, with just one member of the crew surviving. delivered with familiar histrionics.) The action of Only the Brave is centered on Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin), It turns out that, just a few weeks after the tragedy, one widow, "News?? Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. All Willis could think was, "Not those guys." 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. When it came time to vote on the benefits extension, his was the only dissenting vote. The shocking treatment comes five weeks afterthe mother-of-four learned by watching the news that her firefighter husband had perished in the intense blaze that burned scores of homes to the ground. the orders of certified Type 1 (a.k.a. emphasis on Eric and Brendans personal lives. As a result of the dispute, there were two separate memorial services held for the fallen firefightersone organized by their union, one run by the city of Prescott. ", "How did you hear that?" Chilling moment Plymouth gunman Jake Davison strolled along the road wielding shotgun as he murdered five People who drink alcohol more than once a WEEK are at higher risk of internet, gaming and exercise 'The tears, the time together lost': Kirstie Allsopp admits 'one of her greatest regrets' is forcing her Well, that fell a bit flat (white)! received by the families of permanent or full-time employees. He responded that he wished for that too. its emphasis on individual initiative and private conflicts in isolation dollars in damages.) Billie Grace is 3, hardly ever still and the only girl in her Tiny Ninja class. Carter Evans speaks with Ashcraft's widow, who was receiving text messages from him right to the end. Soon, Lawton's casual mood turned dark when a neighbor reported that town evacuations were underway. Billie Grace was 10 months old when they moved in, just the two of them, with the sorrow of their loss. While her husband was on a break during the early stages of battling a massive fire on Sunday, Ashcraft said she texted pictures of their kids swimming. The boys have visited stations and gotten to climb on the engines. He sent a photo of where he was sitting and what the fire looked like for them, at their lunch spot, Ashcraft said on TODAY Tuesday. (It She has anew baby brother, Owen. All rights reserved. Then the texts stopped. She took in a breath and slowly let it out. Ashcraft's plans may soon include a lawsuit against the city. He was the only one of the 13 Hotshots denied full benefits who worked a 40 hour week through out the year. The movie 'We could sure use some rain over here,' he said. Ariz. firefighters wife: They were heroes, battling the out-of-control wildfire Sunday. "I said to them, 'My husband was a full-time employee, he went to work full-time for you,'" she said, "and their response to me was, 'Perhaps there was a communication issue in your marriage.'". Willis gave Marsh the rundown: Active fire. The area had already been bulldozed, so the crew used chain saws, axes and other gear to build a line between the blaze and the town in case the winds changed and blew flames their way. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. Hotshots, heroic fighters of wildfires in Arizona. He was on a fire in Yarnell, a small town about 30 miles to the south, but there hadn't been a cause for concern. Helicopters had been unable to reach the highly-trained men as they fought the flames in Yarnell and they could not be saved by their emergency shelters - tent-like structures meant to shield them from flames and heat. Juliann met with families of two Beartown firefighters from Michigan who were killed and another half dozen who were injured in an accident on their way to the Box Canyon wildfire in Utah last summer. Heartbroken: Juliann Ashcraft, cries alongside her father Tom Ashcraft outside of the Granite Mountain Hotshot fire station in Prescott on Monday July 1, Struggle: Juliann Ashcraft, left, will only get a one-off payment of $328,000 and workers' compensation. He'd been just 4 years old when he literally burst into her life. Experts say streaming giant will drop star when his Rishi Sunak demands Labour's Keir Starmer backs anti-strike laws ahead of looming de-facto general strike in More misery for NHS patients as thousands of nurses stage two-day strike across England: Health chiefs warn Is it time for the Government to give the nurses a better pay deal? Through my experience, I have learned life is a gift. Lawton even joked with some new residents watching the flames from their front yards. August 5, 2013 / 7:54 PM 2013 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. As a teenager, he attended fire camps. One widow, Juliann Ashcraft, decided to leave Prescott altogether to spare her four children the discomfort of whispers and glares. July 2, 2013 12 AM PT. As a result of the dispute, there were two separate memorial. the outfit see him as physically and mentally unfit (they give him the 'He had some athletic ability in him and he was a go-getter, too. Ashcraft's widow, Juliann Ashcraft, who has been the most prominent family member fighting to win full benefits for the families of the seasonal Hotshots, didn't testify at the hearing, but. In 2015, Roxanne had joined Juliann Ashcraft, whose husband, Andrew, also was killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire, and Andrew's mother, Deborah Pfingston, to form the Wildland Firefighter. Prescott High School physical education teacher and coach Lou Beneitone taught many of the Hotshots, and remembered Ashcraft as a fitness-oriented student. A couple of miles away, Colleen Turbyfill was scanning Facebook when a news alert popped up about a Hotshot crew. Juliann Ashcraft and her husband Andrew were twenty-somethings with four young children when he died in the line of duty in Prescott, Arizona on June 30, 2013. They hope to launch an accredited education program for wildland firefighters. "Very few people do exactly what they do.". Andrew Ashcraft, 29, of Prescott, Ariz., was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of 19 firefighters who died battling a fire that swept through Yarnell, Ariz . Ashcraft twice. Is it time Harry & Meghan accept Clarkson's apology and move on? "We could really use some rain over here," he replied. Watch: Hotshots training unveiled in 60 Minutes report. Last year, Deborah, who lives in Prescott, delivered fresh fruit and beef jerky to crews working on the Tenderfoot Fire in Yarnell. She told her husband how much she wished he could be there,. Mr. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. These are people who risk their own lives every day," Roxanne said. He had his priorities in line, but when he was there, he would tell me, They say jump and Id say, how high. Their main goal was to save lives. 'Quite literally, my bills are being paid by the good people of the world who are giving donations, because the city of Prescott isn't doing anything for us,' she told the TV station. Jake's 4-year-old brother, Zak, stopped at a circle of tiny toy firetrucks and pointed to one that looked like one of his own back home. It was unclear exactly how the crew became trapped. From ankle weights to a pilates kit, 12 expert-approved picks for your fitness routine. At the time, Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo said the 19 firefighters were a part of the city's fire department. But the city is refusing to pay Mrs Ashcraft her husband's lifetime salary and health benefits, which together are worth millions, because it insists he was among 13 of the squad who were seasonal employees rather than full-timers. Billie Grace grinned. That doesnt change, no matter what happens. A municipal firefighter, in the common use of that term, is not a wildland firefighter: Its the red truck guy, Mr. Paladini told the board, composed of four members, including two members of the Prescott Fire Department, whose Wildland Division employed the fallen firefighters, and the citys mayor, Marlin Kuykendall. 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