Photos: Prescott firefighters begin final journey
Firefighters on Sunday began a 125-mile procession to bring the bodies of 19 colleagues who died in a wildfire a week ago from Phoenix to the mountain community where they lived.
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
Hundreds of people line Montezuma Street Sunday, July 7, 2013 in downtown Prescott, Ariz. to pay respects as 19 hearses slowly roll by carrying the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters killed a week ago by an out-of-control blaze near Yarnell, Ariz. The nearly five-hour-long procession began near the state Capitol in Phoenix, went through the town where the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed and ended in the mountain community of Prescott, where they lived and will be laid to rest this week. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
From left, Diane McLaughlin, Joel Cox and Joan and Tommy Meridith watch the procession of hearses carrying 19 firefighters from Jersey Lilly Saloon in Prescott July 7, 2013. Nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew died June 30 fighting the Yarnell Hills Fire, about 40 miles southwest of Prescott, Ariz. The Meridiths are owner of the saloon on Whiskey Row. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Chow)
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
A procession of 19 hearses drives by, Sunday, July 7, 2013, in Yarnell, Ariz, The elite crew of firefighters were overtaken by the out-of-control blaze as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields last Sunday.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
A procession of 19 hearses drives through the desert, Sunday, July 7, 2013, Near Morristown, Ariz, The elite crew of firefighters were overtaken by the out-of-control blaze as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields last Sunday. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
A procession of 19 hearses drives through the burn area, Sunday, July 7, 2013, near Yarnell, Ariz, The elite crew of firefighters were overtaken by the out-of-control blaze as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields last Sunday. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
Hundreds of people line Montezuma Street Sunday, July 7, 2013 in downtown Prescott, Ariz. to pay respects as 19 hearses slowly roll by carrying the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters killed a week ago by an out-of-control blaze near Yarnell, Ariz. The nearly five-hour-long procession began near the state Capitol in Phoenix, went through the town where the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed and ended in the mountain community of Prescott, where they lived and will be laid to rest this week. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
People hold their hands over their hearts to pay their respects as 19 hearses slowly roll by, Sunday, July 7, 2013 in downtown Prescott, Ariz., carrying the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters killed a week ago by an out-of-control blaze near Yarnell, Ariz. The nearly five-hour-long procession began near the state Capitol in Phoenix, went through the town where the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed and ended in the mountain community of Prescott, where they lived and will be laid to rest this week.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
Two women react as as 19 hearses slowly roll by, Sunday, July 7, 2013 in downtown Prescott, Ariz., carrying the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters killed a week ago by an out-of-control blaze near Yarnell, Ariz. The nearly five-hour-long procession began near the state Capitol in Phoenix, went through the town where the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed and ended in the mountain community of Prescott, where they lived and will be laid to rest this week.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
A procession of 19 hearses drives through the desert, Sunday, July 7, 2013, near Yarnell, Ariz, The elite crew of firefighters were overtaken by the out-of-control blaze as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields last Sunday. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
A man and a teenage boy lean out the window of the Hotel St. Michael with their hats pulled over their hearts watching, Sunday, July 7, 2013 in downtown Prescott, Ariz., as 19 hearses slowly roll by carrying the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters killed a week ago by an out-of-control blaze near Yarnell, Ariz. The nearly five-hour-long procession began near the state Capitol in Phoenix, went through the town where the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed and ended in the mountain community of Prescott, where they lived and will be laid to rest this week. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
A woman holds up two small American Flags as she shoots video with her cell phone, as 19 hearses slowly roll by, Sunday, July 7, 2013 in downtown Prescott, Ariz., carrying the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters killed a week ago by an out-of-control blaze near Yarnell, Ariz. The nearly five-hour-long procession began near the state Capitol in Phoenix, went through the town where the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed and ended in the mountain community of Prescott, where they lived and will be laid to rest this week. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
Hundreds of people line Montezuma Street Sunday, July 7, 2013 in downtown Prescott, Ariz. to pay respects as 19 hearses slowly roll by carrying the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters killed a week ago by an out-of-control blaze near Yarnell, Ariz. The nearly five-hour-long procession began near the state Capitol in Phoenix, went through the town where the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed and ended in the mountain community of Prescott, where they lived and will be laid to rest this week. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
A line of hearses makes their way north on Highway 89, south of Congress, Ariz. as the bodies of the 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots were returned to Prescott, Ariz. from Phoenix, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Story)
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
Members of the Baker River Hotshots from Sedro Wooley, Washington and Bureau of Land Management fire personnel lined Highway 89, by the BLM's Mohave Mountain Fire Center-north of Wickenburg, Ariz to honor the fallen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew as the bodies of the 19 firefighters were returned to Prescott, Ariz., Sunday, July 7, 2013 from Phoenix. All, save one, of the crew perished fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire on June 28, 2013. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Story)
Prescott firefighters begin final journey
Hearses carrying the bodies of the Granite Mountain Hotshots pass by Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service Fire personnel along Highway 89, by the BLM's Mohave Mountain Fire Center-north of Wickenburg, Ariz. to honor the fallen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, whose bodies were being returned to Prescott, Ariz, Sunday, July 7, 2013 from Phoenix. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Story)
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