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re: 11/18/1999...I remember, Aggies.
Posted on 11/18/12 at 1:08 pm to MikeHoncho
Posted on 11/18/12 at 1:08 pm to MikeHoncho
This has become my favorite thread ever on the Rant. We are truly blessed to be in the SEC! 
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Posted on 11/18/12 at 1:13 pm to NeverRains
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And if I remember correctly, on the 26th, the aggies beat the #5 longhorns 20-16.
You are correct, NeverRains.
There was talk whether or not to play the game (the players had been out at Bonfire Site all week, helping to remove logs from stack; the entire community was an emotional wreck); but the decision was made to go ahead with it.
It was the finest hour in the A&M/UT relationship. They stood with us throughout the nightmare.
But we were not going to lose that game.
LINK ]Bonfire game
Posted on 11/18/12 at 1:18 pm to MikeHoncho
Thanks for this thread, Mike. Means a lot--much appreciated.
I had never seen my Dad cry until this tragic day 13 years ago. I was 11. Still hard for me to talk about without getting choked up.
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I had never seen my Dad cry until this tragic day 13 years ago. I was 11. Still hard for me to talk about without getting choked up.
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Posted on 11/18/12 at 1:19 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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Thanks for this thread, Mike. Means a lot--much appreciated.
I had never seen my Dad cry until this tragic day 13 years ago. I was 11. Still hard for me to talk about without getting choked up.
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Every time I've been to bonfire memorial I tear up.
Posted on 11/18/12 at 1:21 pm to EKG
Thanks for showing class fellas.
Posted on 11/18/12 at 1:23 pm to MikeHoncho
Posted on 11/18/12 at 1:24 pm to TeLeFaWx
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Every time I've been to bonfire memorial I tear up.
Lots of memories at bonfire memorial for me. Lot of them Corps related.
Best memory, though, is that's actually the spot where I fell in love with Mrs. Tbird. She was writing an article for the Batt about Muster and was gathering quotes and that was where she did most of her interviews. Still have the article hanging on the wall here at my house.
Posted on 11/18/12 at 1:27 pm to TbirdSpur2010
It's a special place, Tbird. That's a great memory to have in such a sacred locale.
I have yet to visit it when there wasn't a surreal calm, accompanied by a strangely active wind, whipping through the monuments.
If you close your eyes & listen out there, you hear much.
I have yet to visit it when there wasn't a surreal calm, accompanied by a strangely active wind, whipping through the monuments.
If you close your eyes & listen out there, you hear much.
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Posted on 11/18/12 at 1:37 pm to EKG
It always hurts to lose a loved one and I've lost a lot in my time. The date of the losses are burned into my brain and every year on those days it hurts worse than the days that preceded and the ones that follow. Bless the hearts of the folks that passed, their family and their friends.
Posted on 11/18/12 at 1:44 pm to khaos288
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God needed a little help and called up 12 good ags.
And that is the most ironic thing I remember about the tragedy, that 12 people died (given how 12 is so important in A&M tradition).
Posted on 11/18/12 at 3:49 pm to MikeHoncho
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Very nice gesture, Mike.
Very nice gesture, Mike.
Posted on 11/18/12 at 3:52 pm to WestCoastAg
Here.
Posted on 11/18/12 at 4:23 pm to cokebottleag
Great thread
Posted on 11/18/12 at 5:07 pm to KamoAggie
Really do appreciate the thoughts on this day. Nice to have decent people in our conference. Their are sips trolling texags joking about bonfire today so this is really a nice change.
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Posted on 11/18/12 at 5:16 pm to Grievous Angel
My cousin was on the next shift to build, when it collapsed... Classy post... RIP
Posted on 11/18/12 at 5:38 pm to MikeHoncho
Here's one story that always brings me to tears (taken from texags).
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The twelve young people who died were truly remarkable kids. They were scholars, student athletes, active in Boy Scouts, 4-H, Church groups,they were leaders. If you had to chose a dozen students to represent the best of Texas A&M, you probably wouldn't do much better than these.
I have just learned about Timothy Doran Kerlee, Jr. He was the twelfth student to die, when his life support was disconnected last Friday evening. Let me tell you about this amazing kid.
Tim graduated last year from Germantown High School in Germantown,Tennessee. He was an Eagle Scout, graduated third in his class, and was elected to his High School Hall of Fame. He was a student athlete, and a member of the National Honor Society. He was active in the youth group and drama club at his Methodist Church.
He was actively recruited by Texas A&M, and when he enrolled he tested out of his entire freshman year. That is how this 17 year-old could be classified as a sophomore. Tim's father said that he was thrilled to be at A&M, and especially excited about bonfire.
When the stack collapsed, his pelvis was crushed, his arm was broken, and his (organs badly damaged.) On the front page of Friday's Dallas Morning News is a large photo of the collapsed stack taken during the early part of the rescue effort. You can see a team working at the base of the logs to save a trapped student. About five feet above the rescue team is Tim Kerlee, reclining on a pile of logs, propped up on one elbow. Unless you look carefully at the photo you will probably not notice that his legs are laying in an odd position. <P>What was happening,according to the rescue teams, was that Kerlee was directing the teams to other students trapped in the stack. He kept telling them that he was O.K., and he directed rescuers to at least five other students before he allowed them to take him down from the stack.
He was taken into emergency surgery, and when they opened him up they found his organs so badly damaged that they couldn't identify much of what they saw. They closed him up, wrapped him in a sheet to hold him together, and placed on life support. He lived long enough to see and speak to his parents. He was aware that he was dying and asked to be removed from life support. When his parents asked him why he wanted to, he asked them why he should fight for a few more days of life when he could be in Heaven with Jesus right now. Well, he got his wish.
I feel sorry that I never had a chance to know Tim Kerlee, but I praise God for kids like Tim Kerlee. If you had to pick a twelfth man you couldn't do much better.
-- Fred Maddox
Posted on 11/18/12 at 5:39 pm to MikeHoncho
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Posted on 11/18/12 at 5:47 pm to JDM1992
Sad day. The fact that 12 Aggies died is surreal.
Posted on 11/18/12 at 5:48 pm to JDM1992
I remember as well. A very sad day and much respect to the Aggies and their traditions and honoring of the fallen from that day.
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