Four things to know about the 1999 Texas A&M Bonfire tragedy
9 hours ago · This year is the 25th anniversary of the 1999 Texas A&M Bonfire collapse that killed 12 people, including 11 students. News Sports Hookem.com Austin360 Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.
Texas A&M to mark 25th anniversary of campus bonfire collapse …
Nov 17, 2024 · Texas A&M University is set to mark 25 years since the log stack collapsed in the early hours of Nov. 18, 1999. It was being built in preparation for the annual bonfire ahead of the Texas A&M-Texas rivalry football game in College Station.
Texas A&M bonfire collapse 25 years later: Aggie community …
Nov 17, 2024 · CONTACT FILED: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-BONFIRE BONFIRE COLLAPSE - Flowers tied to a tree at the police line around the collapsed bonfire site early Friday morning Nov. 19, 1999 in College Station, Texas.
Texas A&M to commemorate the Aggie Bonfire tragedy 25 years …
Nov 18, 2024 · Texas A&M will mark 25 years since the Aggie Bonfire collapse, an annual tradition turned tragedy that took 12 lives. COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The first, ominous sounds came from deep within the...
‘One of Texas’ greatest tragedies’: It’s been 25 years since the …
Nov 17, 2024 · The bonfire, made of thousands of logs, was a longtime annual tradition ahead of the school’s football game against the University of Texas at Austin. Credit: Adrees A. via REUTERS
Texas A&M bonfire will not return to campus | The Texas Tribune
Jun 5, 2024 · After a monthslong review, Texas A&M University decided not to bring back the student bonfire tradition it discontinued 25 years ago after a deadly accident, President Mark Welsh III said Tuesday.
Aggie Bonfire Tragedy: 25 years after fatal bonfire ... - ABC13 …
Apr 9, 2024 · Texas A&M University is considering bringing back its bonfire tradition 25 years after 12 students died when the 60-foot stack of logs collapsed.
Texas A&M will not bring back bonfire tradition after collapse ... - CNN
Jun 5, 2024 · Texas A&M University President Mark Welsh announced on Tuesday the school will not bring back the Aggie Bonfire traditionally held the night before the school’s then-annual football game against...
A&M students prep off-campus Bonfire 25 years after collapse
Nov 19, 2024 · After the collapse on Nov. 18, 1999, university leaders weighed the future of the tradition for several years. In 2002, A&M President Ray Bowen that Bonfire would not return to campus.
Texas A&M Aggie Bonfire collapse: Community reflects on 25th ...
Nov 19, 2024 · At 2:42 a.m. on November 18, 1999, Texas A&M University was forever changed. The 60-foot-tall bonfire, a symbol of school spirit, collapsed. The tragedy was attributed to faulty construction and...