For generations of Aggies, the Texas A&M University Bonfire — the tradition of burning six tiers of timber before the annual football game with the University of Texas — was a sacrament. But at 2:42 a ...

Twenty-five years ago — on Nov. 18, 1999 — the 40-foot tower of logs being built at Texas A&M University in College Station collapsed, killing 12 people and injuring at least 27 others. The victims ...

A panicked Richard and Janiece West were glued to the radio as they drove to College Station on Nov. 18, 1999. The Bellaire couple hadn’t heard from their 19-year-old son since they woke up that ...

This year marked the 25th anniversary of the Texas A&M Bonfire collapse tragedy that killed 12 people and injured 27 on Nov. 18, 1999. On a campus that prides itself on traditions, the Aggie Bonfire ...

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 the ...

Brent Fuller was a 24-year-old police and crimes reporter in Houston on the morning of Nov. 18, 1999, when reports of the accident began pouring in. "Our first notification of what had happened up at ...

Former president George Bush and Texas Governor George W. Bush react to the Texas A&M Bonfire collapse on Nov. 18, 1999. The collapse killed 12 people and injured 27 others. Parkinson’s Isn’t Just Bad ...

FILE – In this Nov. 26, 1999, file photo, fans at and NCAA college football game between Texas and Texas A&M game spell out the words “Remember 99” in honor of those killed and injured in the bonfire ...

12 people were killed and 27 were injured when the Aggie Bonfire collapsed on Nov. 18, 1999. Student Alex Jones describes the collapse. If you have a friend who uses any of these 8 toxic phrases, it ...

Emergency personnel dig throughout the fallen logs for the bonfire at Texas A&M in College Station that killed 12 students. Shortly before 3 a.m., the log pile shifted as dozens of students worked all ...