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re: 14 Years ago today, the darkest day in Aggie history
Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:02 pm to aggressor
Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:02 pm to aggressor
Very sad. I remember hearing about this back then, but never really heard much of the stories.
I do have a question though, were there safety oversight and all or is it a purely student function? The older pictures of the bonfire look scary as hell to me. 60 feet of multiple layers of lumber pointed straight up. I would be interested to know how they were able to secure them and what went wrong.
One other question, did they work on it at all hours of the night? 2:42 is so late/early.
I do have a question though, were there safety oversight and all or is it a purely student function? The older pictures of the bonfire look scary as hell to me. 60 feet of multiple layers of lumber pointed straight up. I would be interested to know how they were able to secure them and what went wrong.
One other question, did they work on it at all hours of the night? 2:42 is so late/early.
This post was edited on 11/18/13 at 11:06 pm
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Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:12 pm to flyAU
Student-led safety training went into all phases of Bonfire (cut, load, stack, push, burn).
The collapse occurred during "push"--the final days before burn--when students worked 24/7 to finish the stack.
The collapse occurred during "push"--the final days before burn--when students worked 24/7 to finish the stack.
This post was edited on 11/18/13 at 11:16 pm
Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:12 pm to flyAU
There was some safety oversight but not not a ton. And the administration suffered the same faults as the students. It's actually an interesting study on groupthink and institutional blindness.
Initially stack (the construction phase) had limited hours but in the last few weeks it went from 6PM-6AM. It wasn't that bad - your dorm or corps outfit would rotate through a schedule - 6-12 one night, 12-6 following morning, then off the next day. The lateness didn't really matter, college students after all.
After about 2AM you'd weed out all but the hardcore.
Initially stack (the construction phase) had limited hours but in the last few weeks it went from 6PM-6AM. It wasn't that bad - your dorm or corps outfit would rotate through a schedule - 6-12 one night, 12-6 following morning, then off the next day. The lateness didn't really matter, college students after all.
After about 2AM you'd weed out all but the hardcore.
Posted on 11/18/13 at 11:17 pm to flyAU
To put into prospective
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