COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KTRK) -- The tradition of the Texas A&M bonfire burned for more than 90 years but that all changed on Nov. 18, 1999, when the bonfire structure collapsed, killing 11 students, ...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas –It's a day many Aggies will remember. The day the bonfire collapsed. Today marks the eve of the tragic event that happened 15 years ago tomorrow. "I'm a third generation Aggie, ...
Dominic Braus wasn’t supposed to be working on the Aggie Bonfire when it collapsed in the chilly, early morning hours 20 years ago. Braus was an 18-year-old freshman member of the Texas A&M University ...
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Shacks once used as on-site headquarters for student leaders of the Aggie Bonfire were torn down Thursday and small logs were removed from the perimeter secured since November’s fatal collapse. Most ...
As the first Aggie in his family, Comstock said that he came to A&M unaware of the school’s traditions. “Before the collapse, A&M was a different place than it is now,” Comstock said. “People had ...
This game meant something different. On Nov. 26, 1999, the Aggies played the Texas Longhorns for the 106th time, but the pageantry and vitriol of one of college football’s greatest rivalries took a ...