John Comstock’s scarred back bears a tattoo that reads “13th Man” with a representation of a bonfire, the decades-spanning Texas A&M University tradition that nearly killed him. He is at the center of ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KWTX) - On November 18, 1999, a bonfire at Texas A&M University collapsed, killing 12 and injuring nearly 30 people. The bonfire is a tradition at Texas A&M before the school’s ...

Tuesday marks the 26-year anniversary of a bonfire collapse that killed 12 people at Texas A&M University back in 1999.

In hopes of making Bonfire “forever safe,” Texas A&M University President Ray Bowen on Friday ruled on its fate: hire certified engineers to create a safe design, pay a company to cut and haul the ...

On Nov. 18, 1999, the annual Aggie Bonfire at Texas A&M turned deadly when the bonfire collapsed during its construction. killing 12 people and injuring 27. Entertainment duo the Kessler twins die by ...