Fifteen years after the 1999 Aggie Bonfire Collapse, students and community members gathered at Bonfire Memorial at 2:42 a.m. Tuesday to honor the lives of the 12 Aggies killed in the collapse.
The Bonfire...
The items left at Bonfire after Stack fell symbolized the mourning, love and unity of the Aggie family. People left letters, poems, flowers, teddy bears, pots, clothes and Aggie rings to remember and celebrate...
Aggie Bonfire was born from the Aggie Spirit. Motivated by a strong desire to show their love for Texas A&M, cadets burned the first Fightin’ Texas Aggie Bonfire to celebrate a football victory....
Five to seven thousand wooden logs, close to 70,000 spectators and 92 years of tradition.
Twelve dead, 27 injured and a campus forever changed.
A group of Aggies spearheaded the Bonfire Memorial’s...
At 2:42 a.m. Tuesday, a ceremony will recognize the 15th anniversary of the 1999 Aggie Bonfire Collapse, a day that affected Aggies across the country.
On Nov. 18, 1999, the Bonfire collapsed at 2:42 a.m....
The cutting, the stacking, the burning — student workers approach all aspects of student bonfire with the common priority of safety.
Ben Rathbone, physics sophomore, is a yellowpot, a designated...
In the days following Nov. 16, 1907, the sleepy campus in what would eventually become College Station was buzzing. The football team was undefeated and, upon returning home on a long train ride after...
The morning of the 1999 Aggie Bonfire Collapse was the day she grew up, said Sallie Porter, fall semester 1999 editor-in-chief of The Battalion. Porter, who is now a nurse anesthetist living in Asheville,...
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