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re: 14 Years ago today, the darkest day in Aggie history
Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:29 pm to flyAU
Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:29 pm to flyAU
If those are the dorm logs on the outside I don't think we cabled those on. You can't see the wiring on the upper tiers because of scale.
You can see the wires we used on the right.
You can see the wires we used on the right.
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Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:30 pm to TbirdSpur2010
My fish year was '06 as well. I think saying "here" for the class year started from the ol ags there for their 50th year reunion. They would all emphatically say "HERE" anytime their class year was mentioned. I assume the "tradition" built off that.
Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:32 pm to Aero_Ag
Oh THAT was always done, but limited to the reunion class.
It's going to be interesting to see what happens down the road when those 50th reunion classes had 10,000 people instead of 1,000
It's going to be interesting to see what happens down the road when those 50th reunion classes had 10,000 people instead of 1,000
Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:37 pm to Aero_Ag
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My fish year was '06 as well.
You can post on the Texas A&M team forum now btw.
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I think saying "here" for the class year started from the ol ags there for their 50th year reunion. They would all emphatically say "HERE" anytime their class year was mentioned. I assume the "tradition" built off that.
Honestly, I never thought much about it. Just solidarity, like I said.
Anytime I hear "class of 2010" at a muster, I'm saying "here."
Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:38 pm to Aero_Ag
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Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:51 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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You can post on the Texas A&M team forum now btw.
I'll tackle getting my account up to snuff first, since I've been lurking for awhile. This place has its own beats like TexAgs.
I'm a first generation Ag so I never got to see a real bonfire. One of my favorite memories of A&M though is going to the memorial on the anniversary at 2:42 AM and listening to the parents and student leaders give their testimonies and preach about the importance of getting involved and giving back to A&M.
Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:56 pm to Aero_Ag
Interesting bit of trivia : The collapse wasn't at 2:42. It was almost right at 2:30. The 911 log starts at 2:42 and for reasons unknown they went with that as the official time.
Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:56 pm to Aero_Ag
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I'll tackle getting my account up to snuff first, since I've been lurking for awhile. This place has its own beats like TexAgs.
I post in both places and like it. You'll fit right in
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I'm a first generation Ag so I never got to see a real bonfire.
It was pretty spectacular, not gonna lie. Never got to experience it as a student, obviously, though.
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One of my favorite memories of A&M though is going to the memorial on the anniversary at 2:42 AM and listening to the parents and student leaders give their testimonies and preach about the importance of getting involved and giving back to A&M.
Those memories will never leave us
Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:57 pm to NoAC lives
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Interesting bit of trivia : The collapse wasn't at 2:42. It was almost right at 2:30. The 911 log starts at 2:42 and for reasons unknown they went with that as the official time.
And the original campusology I learned had the collapse at 2:41 a.m.
Not super important at the end of the day, though.
Posted on 11/19/13 at 12:03 am to aggressor
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It's just gone. Forever. That is part of why it is the wound that won't completely heal.
So very sad. I would hope the families could lend their support for the return of the Bonfire to campus. Maybe that would give them the closure they need so they can heal.
Posted on 11/19/13 at 12:04 am to flyAU
Climbing up on stack was scary as hell but absolutely incredible. Hard to explain the feeling of being up there, especially in the middle of the night during Push. Absolutely nothing else like it.
Posted on 11/19/13 at 12:05 am to aggressor
Sad story.
Tangentially related: 7,000 trees a year cut specifically for a bonfire is a frick ton. I can't imagine the logistics behind that.
Tangentially related: 7,000 trees a year cut specifically for a bonfire is a frick ton. I can't imagine the logistics behind that.
This post was edited on 11/19/13 at 12:07 am
Posted on 11/19/13 at 12:07 am to TbirdSpur2010
I was in a chat room when it fell and used to have a timestamped log. Lost that hard drive though. :(
The first wave of articles that next day had the time right. After that the press releases the school put out went with the time of the 911 call. It's totally trivial but always found it a bit odd.
Of note was that it really did take 10 minutes to get 911 called. Aside from the initial chaos, cell phones were few and far between.
The first wave of articles that next day had the time right. After that the press releases the school put out went with the time of the 911 call. It's totally trivial but always found it a bit odd.
Of note was that it really did take 10 minutes to get 911 called. Aside from the initial chaos, cell phones were few and far between.
Posted on 11/19/13 at 12:10 am to KSGamecock
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7,000 trees a year cut specifically for a bonfire is a frick ton. I can't imagine the logistics behind that.
Workforce of hundreds 1, sometimes 2 days a week over 5 or so weeks. (Hazy on that last number)
The environmentalists always bitched but we were cutting down trees that were going to be cleared regardless. If it wasn't us, it would be heavy machinery.
Posted on 11/19/13 at 12:13 am to NoAC lives
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Of note was that it really did take 10 minutes to get 911 called. Aside from the initial chaos, cell phones were few and far between.
Amazing how different the landscape was from a technology standpoint, and not that long ago.
Posted on 11/19/13 at 1:11 am to TbirdSpur2010
A significant and large piece of Texas A&M died when bonfire was discontinued.
The school has never been the same and never will be.
The school has never been the same and never will be.
Posted on 11/19/13 at 1:24 am to KSGamecock
This will provide some perspective as far as size and the number of people working on the stack.
Many of he students (it was my senior year) thought that it falling over wasn't that big of a deal at the time -- since it was so slow in happening. Unfortunately any lessons went unheeded and the next time we weren't nearly so lucky...
1994 Bonfire Stack and Collapse
Many of he students (it was my senior year) thought that it falling over wasn't that big of a deal at the time -- since it was so slow in happening. Unfortunately any lessons went unheeded and the next time we weren't nearly so lucky...
1994 Bonfire Stack and Collapse
This post was edited on 11/19/13 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 11/19/13 at 4:07 am to aggressor
A tad late, but prayers out to everyone involved. From what I hear , some amazing people were lost.
Posted on 11/19/13 at 4:20 am to GeauxTigerNation
Posted on 11/19/13 at 4:57 am to FrankWhite'56
I took off 3 days from work back in 1994 when it fell. I had just graduated and me and my Crew Chief brother thought it would be fun to do a long push. I've never wired so much in my life. My first stack swing was busy.
We left the fields I think only 2 times during those 3 days.
We left the fields I think only 2 times during those 3 days.
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