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Texas A&M remembering fatal '99 bonfire collapse

Nov. 17, 2009
Texas A&M University is preparing to mark the 10th anniversary of the bonfire collapse that killed 12 people and injured 27. Students and others were building the 59-foot tower of logs in an annual football season tradition when it came crashing down early...
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