Falcon 16 - Bonfire Memorial - November 18, 1999:  the collapse

04/17/07

B.Byers'01

Past Bonfires Building Bonfire '99 The Collapse Polo Fields following Funeral Services
Candlelight Vigil Yell Practice t.u. Game Replant Memorials
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What most of the world immediately saw ... fish Kerlee stuck inside the logs. Seeing the plight of this freshman, a world away to some newspaper readers, shed some humanity on what would have been an unknowable subject.
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picture taken when we got there. No one was allowed inside the police tape, unless the person had experience in CPR.
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From a news helicopter from Houston.
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Sunrise. Finally, people started to see just how bad it really was.
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Bonfire can be clearly seen laying on its side. A handful are confirmed dead.
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Sometimes quickly, sometimes carefully, the stack is slowly taken apart.
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In the face of disaster ... some Falcons (Mike Jones '01, Shane Porter '01, and a fish in Charlie Browns) can be seen watching
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Aggies from all over help with the hopes of saving life

service that night in Reed Arena