Family members for Chip Thiel talk about the injuries he suffered during the Aggie Bonfire collapse on Nov. 18, 1999. 12 people were killed and 27 were injured in the collapse. News Today's news ...

Former president George Bush and Lt. Gov. Rick Perry were among those in attendance at a remembrance for the lives lost and those injured at the Aggie Bonfire collapse of Nov. 18, 1999.

The “Fightin' Texas Aggie Bonfire” ranked among the most revered traditions in college football and symbolized the school's “burning desire” to beat the University of Texas Longhorns in ...

Dry conditions in Robertson County will delay the annual Aggie bonfire, which was set to burn ... Eleven students and one former student died in the tragedy. Aggies who participate in the current ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The first, ominous sounds came from deep within the massive stack of logs in the darkest hours of the Texas night. Witnesses described hearing the stack of thousands of ...

That year, the Aggie bonfire -- the giant symbol for their burning ... Eventually, it was confirmed that 12 students died. Football -- and especially a halftime show -- was an afterthought.