If you're a Texas Aggie, this video may move you to tears. If you're not an Aggie, hopefully this will give you some insight into how the Bonfire tragedy of Nov 18, 1999, has touched all Aggies.
Aggie Bonfire memorial
There aren't many words I can add to this today without lessening the memory of the fallen Ags, but this I will say. I have never had much love for anything related to the Texas Longhorns or the University of Texas. But I remember seeing in the news where so many students and football players from UT actually boarded busses bound for College Station just so they could give blood for those injured by the Bonfire collapse. I remember some of those UT students saying that in the end the rivalry, even hatred, between Texas A&M and UT becomes a distant second when compared to what happened in College Station that night, and they they felt they need to reach out to Aggies and help in whatever way they could.
I will forever remember Bonfire, the tragedy of that night, the Aggies that were killed and injured, and the kindness and respect of a rival school and its students. God bless Texas A&M and Aggies everywhere.
An Average Guy
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Our neighbors son was killed in that tragic accident. Such pain from such a wonderful tradition.
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