Texas A&M Bonfire Remembrance

[@wartrix6046]

My Dad was on it. He and his best friend switched positions ten minutes before it fell. It fell towards and on top of his friend. Killing him. My Dad broke his back, got a nasty scar on his leg, and was buried for over an hour in the logs. Thankfully, he has recovered almost completely since.

[@Wyrmshadow]

I was at stack the night it happened. I had just left 10 minutes before it fell. I didn't see it collapse. One of the victims, Bryan McClain lived on the deck below me and loved to say my foreign last name every time he saw me.

[@Crew9696]

Thank you for posting this. I was in Florida at flight school and couldn't get there to help...I also didn't get to see any of the coverage of the rescue effort or the memorial, so it means a lot to be able to see it now. Never forget. Fightin' Texas Aggie Band B-Co '96

[@agentM1991]

What a great documentary. I first heard about this on an episode ofThe History Channel's Engineering Disasters. Coming from a Penn State fan. God bless Texas A&M. Go Aggies.

[@BrandonTylerGoogle]

Thank you for putting this together. We will never forget. We will always remember. God Bless.

[@megawave79]

Rip. Been more than 20 years.

[@bmartaggie97]

Thank you. Very touching still today.

[@chatsociety]

Wonderful tribute.

[@rr7firefly]

Crushed by heavy logs. A terrible way to lose your life before you actually get started living it.

[@timcobb9391]

U knew the crane operator that nite and years later he was always worried because he said yes he did slap centerfold with the crane mast

[@darleensanderson7825]

Thanks

[@sandraking5817]

Never forget. God bless the spirit of Aggieland forever.

[@gracekim0691]

Go Aggies!!!

[@logyscott]

wow, very good remembrance video

[@apaullo2115]

Here.

[@jacash44]

this event happened when I was 4 years old

[@darvish2012]

same here

[@frisco99gt]

here

[@Alex-wq4bp]

It Is in bryan

[@lazer59]

I think my dad was there

[@darvish2012]

Than you're not human!

[@lazer59]

He was freshman

[@louismendoza5419]

I worked in college station as a bricklayer in 1993 on the vet clinic on campus I stayed there for about 2 years I never partied more hard in my entire life them Aggies know how party over there!! Dixie Chicken!!!!

[@mariosola1]

The craziest thing is the Ray Bowen kept his job for another 5 years following this. Trustees should have ousted him immediately. When a lack of oversight, allowing underage drinking and incredibly unsafe practices kill 12 the person at the helm should have been in prison not the President's office.

[@valeriebehrendt9380]

Hopefully the one modification will be the deep dive into the cause of the collapse, according to the team that investigated it - the culture of arrogance and ignorance. Not something A&M wants to be known for.

[@stevetaylor9770]

The entire administration should have been thrown in jail. You killed them kids.

[@DeRothschild]

I've never met an Aggie I liked.

[@megawave79]

What?

[@davidsmith3145]

That's your downfall, not there's!

[@charlese1077]

A good sign you are the A-hole then

[@eugenesant9015]

This is nauseating that such a wasteful, polluting, dangerous And idiotic tradition was allowed To continue for so long.

[@CaptainCapital8]

Have some respect for the dead....

[@eugenesant9015]

@CaptainCapital8 if you say so

[@marauder57]

Student Bonfire is still going so you can keep crying about it.

[@eugenesant9015]

@marauder57 you parents must be so proud.

[@marauder57]

@@eugenesant9015 they sure are. I'm sure it's better than the bitter disappointment your parents feel