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Granite Mountain Hotshots Disaster | One Foot in the Black | 5

2023/10/17
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Kyle Dickman discusses his journey from being a college student to becoming a hotshot firefighter, driven by his father's encouragement and the thrill of the job.

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Kyle Dickman remembers the exact moment he learned about the fate of the Granite Mountain Hotshots. As a former firefighter and hotshot himself, the news hit him hard. He reported on the tragedy for Outside magazine, then spent the next two years researching and writing his book, On the Burning Edge: A Fateful Fire and the Men Who Fought It. Today, Kyle joins host Mike Corey to talk about the disaster and raise some tough questions about how wildland fires are fought.

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