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News Updated Jul 8, 2013 - 6:24 pm  Firefighter built, tried to
protect Prescott crew  PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - Eric Marsh built
the Granite Mountain Hotshots from nothing- and died trying to
protect the crew that friends say constituted his life's work.
A lifelong wildland firefighter, the 43-year-old Marsh founded
the Granite Mountain team, the first municipal crew of elite,
Hotshot firefighters in the nation. He and all but one of the 19
men who served under him were killed Sunday when a windblown
wildfire overcame them north of Phoenix.  As superintendent,
Marsh was in charge of ensuring the crew's safety, friends and
colleagues said. It's the one position on a Hotshot team that
calls for caution and prudence as well as confidence and
experience.  "You've got basically a crew of professional
athletes working for you, and they'll do anything you say.
There's a lot of responsibility that goes with that," said
Marsh's friend, Patrick Moore, who is s