This Day in History November 18, 1999

By Texas A&M University.Zscout370 at en.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons

I remember this tragic story, and I was living in Texas when this happened.  It was on this date in 1999 that a terrible tragedy occurred at Texas A&M University.  There had been a long-standing tradition of a bonfire on this campus, and it all came to a horrible end on this date.  At 2:42 A.M., the bonfire that consisted of 5000 logs and stood about 40 feet high collapsed.  Twelve were killed, and 27 were injured.  This ended the tradition officially at the university.

For more information, please check out:
http://bonfire.tamu.edu/
http://www.myspace.com/umat88/blog/449862741#!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggie_Bonfire