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Two daughters, i thought, i need to do everything that i possibly can to go home and see them. so that's really what kept me in the shelter. >> 19 firefighters will never see their families again. incredibly tough training for one of the toughest jobs on earth. we want to take a look now at the hotshots, the people who risk their lives to help us all. more now from randi kaye. >> reporter: when hotshots get the call, they head to the center of a blazing wildfire. an inferno that often times only they can stop. hotshots go where equipment can't. these elite firefighting teams are specially trai...

The fire is going to put out embers, and some of those embers actually do cross the line, the hotshot cue or any of our crews will patrol the line and they look for those embers and try to get to them. >> seger likes his hotshot teams to military special ops units. they are the best of the best in wildfire suppression. highly motivated and highly trained. which is why they get the toughest assignments. >> their physical fitness training prior to the season and if it's a slow season during the season includes running, long endurance hikes. any type of push-ups, situps, the whole aerobics, cardi...

0 tonight in arizona's deadly wildfire still burning out of control. 19 bodies have now been recovered, 19 heroes now identified. the first two people to question george zimmerman take the stand for the prosecution. question once again, did strong cross-examination turn their testimony to the defense's advantaging? another compelling day in court. we'll tell you about it. and later to egypt, a leading newspaper saying egypt is on the edge of a volcano. that's what it looks like tonight. millions protesting against the government and the clock now ticking before the military steps in. we begi...

we begin with the breaking news. all 19 firefighters killed in the yarnell hill fire still burning out of control north of phoenix. they have been identified and taken to the maricopa county medical examiner's office in phoenix. every member of that team but one perished. it's the deadliest single day that firefighters and their loved ones have endured since 9/11. more on how we came to this terrible day. >> reporter: it began as a simple ordinary act of nature. a lightning strike at 5:36 friday evening, igniting a 500 acre blaze. there were twin problems, scorching heat and low humi...

one perished. it's the deadliest single day that firefighters and their loved ones have endured since 9/11. more on how we came to this terrible day. >> reporter: it began as a simple ordinary act of nature. a lightning strike at 5:36 friday evening, igniting a 500 acre blaze. there were twin problems, scorching heat and low humidity, the combination the fire exploded into a monster, devouring acres that had not burned in 40 years. first a few dozen homes. then 200 scorched. firefighters across the region including the hotshots from station 7 to prescott, located 30 miles away jumped...