Texas A&M University will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1999 Aggie bonfire collapse.
A panicked Richard and Janiece West were glued to the radio as they drove to College Station on Nov. 18, 1999. The Bellaire couple hadn’t heard from their 19-year-old son since they woke up that morning to learn that the 59-foot bonfire he and his friends were building had crumpled beneath them overnight. The father assumed that Nathan Scott West was trapped in the pile, but he wouldn’t learn the worst possible news until he got to Texas A&M.
He was released from care after almost three months, though doctors amputated his left leg and he retains nerve damage that prevents him from using his right hand and full use of his right foot. Kerlee, Jr. died at the hospital, becoming the 12th and last victim of the bonfire. “No parent expects a child to pass before they do,” Tim Kerlee, Sr. said. “That's just not the natural way of life.
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