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Remembering the Arizona firefighters

Updated 12:16 PM EDT, Thu July 11, 2013
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 A hearse carrying the body of Christopher MacKenzie arrives at Los Alamitos Air Field, California, on July 10. MacKenzie was one of the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2Finteractive%2F2013%2F07%2Fus%2Fyarnell-fire%2Findex.html">19 firefighters</a> who lost their lives when they became trapped and their position overrun by flames from the Yarnell Hill Fire, southwest of Prescott on June 30.
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A hearse carrying the body of Christopher MacKenzie arrives at Los Alamitos Air Field, California, on July 10. MacKenzie was one of the 19 firefighters who lost their lives when they became trapped and their position overrun by flames from the Yarnell Hill Fire, southwest of Prescott on June 30.
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The memorial ramp ceremony in Los Alamitos honors two of the fallen Granite Mountain Hotshot crew members, Kevin Woyjeck and Christopher MacKenzie, on July 10.
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The memorial ramp ceremony in Los Alamitos honors two of the fallen Granite Mountain Hotshot crew members, Kevin Woyjeck and Christopher MacKenzie, on July 10.
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A woman wears a painted "19" in memory of the firefighters during a memorial service in Prescott Valley, July 9.
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A woman wears a painted "19" in memory of the firefighters during a memorial service in Prescott Valley, July 9.
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An honor guard presents a family member with an American flag during a memorial service in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on Tuesday, July 9. <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2Finteractive%2F2013%2F07%2Fus%2Fyarnell-fire%2Findex.html">Nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots</a> died Sunday, June 30, battling the Yarnell Hill wildfire.
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An honor guard presents a family member with an American flag during a memorial service in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on Tuesday, July 9. Nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots died Sunday, June 30, battling the Yarnell Hill wildfire.
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Chaplain Bob Ossler, right, hugs people at the Prescott Valley, Arizona, memorial service on July 9, honoring the fallen firefighters of the Yarnell Hill Fire.
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Chaplain Bob Ossler, right, hugs people at the Prescott Valley, Arizona, memorial service on July 9, honoring the fallen firefighters of the Yarnell Hill Fire.
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Citizens of Prescott, Arizona, welcome home the bodies of the 19 firefighters on Sunday, June 7.
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Citizens of Prescott, Arizona, welcome home the bodies of the 19 firefighters on Sunday, June 7.
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Nineteen white hearses carried the remains of the firefighters on July 7. They were accompanied by police motorcycle outriders on a final journey passing through the crew's hometown.
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Nineteen white hearses carried the remains of the firefighters on July 7. They were accompanied by police motorcycle outriders on a final journey passing through the crew's hometown.
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A fire truck travels as part of the procession under escort by the Joint Arizona Honor Guard.
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A fire truck travels as part of the procession under escort by the Joint Arizona Honor Guard.
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An aerial view shows the procession on the 100-mile trip from the Medical Examiner's office in Phoenix to the firefighters' home base in Prescott on July 7.
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An aerial view shows the procession on the 100-mile trip from the Medical Examiner's office in Phoenix to the firefighters' home base in Prescott on July 7.
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Mourners grieve as they welcome home the procession. The firefighters died after deploying emergency shelters as the fast-moving forest fire suddenly changed direction on June 30.
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Mourners grieve as they welcome home the procession. The firefighters died after deploying emergency shelters as the fast-moving forest fire suddenly changed direction on June 30.
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Firefighter Sean Kauffman pays his respects at a makeshift memorial outside the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew fire station in Prescott, Arizona, on Thursday, July 4. Kauffman is a former member of the elite firefighting crew.
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Firefighter Sean Kauffman pays his respects at a makeshift memorial outside the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew fire station in Prescott, Arizona, on Thursday, July 4. Kauffman is a former member of the elite firefighting crew.
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A firefighter's helmet from a Texas volunteer department hangs on a fence at a makeshift memorial to the fallen Granite Mountain Hotshots in Prescott on July 4.
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A firefighter's helmet from a Texas volunteer department hangs on a fence at a makeshift memorial to the fallen Granite Mountain Hotshots in Prescott on July 4.
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Stephen Grady reads some of the notes left at the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew fire station in Prescott on Tuesday, July 2.
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Stephen Grady reads some of the notes left at the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew fire station in Prescott on Tuesday, July 2.
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Family members of victims hug as they arrive at a vigil at Prescott High School on July 2. <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2013%2F07%2F02%2Fus%2Fgallery%2Fhot-shot-victims%2Findex.html">The elite team members' deaths</a> on Sunday, June 30, marked the deadliest day for U.S. firefighters since the 9/11 attacks.
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Family members of victims hug as they arrive at a vigil at Prescott High School on July 2. The elite team members' deaths on Sunday, June 30, marked the deadliest day for U.S. firefighters since the 9/11 attacks.
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People attend a candlelight vigil at Prescott High School on July 2.
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People attend a candlelight vigil at Prescott High School on July 2.
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People hold up lights and candles on July 2.
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People hold up lights and candles on July 2.
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People gather at a memorial service for the firefighters at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott on Monday, July 1.
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People gather at a memorial service for the firefighters at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott on Monday, July 1.
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Local firefighters embrace on July 1 at a memorial service in Prescott.
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Local firefighters embrace on July 1 at a memorial service in Prescott.
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