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Video: Samoan firefighters sing moving hymn while battling Calif. wildfires

The hotshot crew from American Samoa can be seen marching through the forest singing a hymn a capella

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In the video, the crew can be seen marching down the Shasta-Trinity Forest and singing an acapella version of “Fa’afetai I le Autua.”

By FireRescue1 Staff

BIG BAR, Calif. — A group of firefighters from American Samoa can be seen in a video singing a Samoan hymn while they help with the California wildfires.

According to the Facebook post of the video, the team is a hand crew, whose job is to “protect natural resources by using hand tools on the outrigs of a designated area to prevent fire from scorching further.”

In the video, the crew can be seen marching down the Shasta-Trinity Forest and singing an a capella version of “Fa’afetai I le Autua,” which means thanks unto God, according to Hawaii News Now.