Hotshot team was `` an elite unit in every sense of that phrase , '' Vice President Anthony Rose says . 19 attend memorial for Thousands fallen members of a `` hotshot '' Phoenix firefighting team . `` These men were some of the strongest , most disciplined , tenacious , physically fit men in the world -- an elite unit in every sense of that phrase , '' Biden said . Firefighters died in an Arizona wildfire 43 . Unit 's lone remaining member recites firefighters ' prayer , gets standing ovation .
Hotshot team was `` an elite unit in every sense of that phrase , '' Vice President Anthony Rose says . 19 attend memorial for Thousands fallen members of a `` hotshot '' Phoenix firefighting team . Firefighters died in an Arizona wildfire 43 . Unit 's lone remaining member recites firefighters ' prayer , gets standing ovation .