Comments on: Nine years http://www.modernishfather.com/2008/11/18/nine-years/ Celebrating 17 years of posting crap online that no one ever reads Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Colin http://www.modernishfather.com/2008/11/18/nine-years/comment-page-1/#comment-2466 Colin Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:14:58 +0000 http://www.modernishfather.com/?p=892#comment-2466 That was a very difficult time for me as well. While I did not work Bonfire that year, I did my freshman year, and it was a very special thing. I can still remember driving home about 1am from the Kettle on University and looking over at the stack as everyone was woking on it. Little did I know in a short time it would be a disaster scene. I received one of those 6am phone calls form my Mother, where you know its not going to be about anything good. What I remember most is how quiet it was on campus. The only sound was of helicopters circling the campus. I too am on the fence about whether the University should bring it back. I would say this, though: It should only come back if it remains a student run, student built Bonfire. Anything else would be an insult to all those that died, in my opinion. That was a very difficult time for me as well. While I did not work Bonfire that year, I did my freshman year, and it was a very special thing. I can still remember driving home about 1am from the Kettle on University and looking over at the stack as everyone was woking on it. Little did I know in a short time it would be a disaster scene. I received one of those 6am phone calls form my Mother, where you know its not going to be about anything good. What I remember most is how quiet it was on campus. The only sound was of helicopters circling the campus. I too am on the fence about whether the University should bring it back. I would say this, though: It should only come back if it remains a student run, student built Bonfire. Anything else would be an insult to all those that died, in my opinion.

]]> By: nonsoccermom http://www.modernishfather.com/2008/11/18/nine-years/comment-page-1/#comment-2456 nonsoccermom Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:33:24 +0000 http://www.modernishfather.com/?p=892#comment-2456 I can't believe it has been 9 years either. It was horrifying and sad and I am still glad I didn't have a Reload Crew shift that night. Since that was my first fall semester here, I never saw an Aggie Bonfire burn, and even if they bring it back I will never have the opportunity to as a student. I still don't know how I feel about that. I can’t believe it has been 9 years either. It was horrifying and sad and I am still glad I didn’t have a Reload Crew shift that night. Since that was my first fall semester here, I never saw an Aggie Bonfire burn, and even if they bring it back I will never have the opportunity to as a student. I still don’t know how I feel about that.

]]> By: Kristine http://www.modernishfather.com/2008/11/18/nine-years/comment-page-1/#comment-2455 Kristine Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:11:31 +0000 http://www.modernishfather.com/?p=892#comment-2455 I have ashes from the last Bonfire that burned. My suitemate had collected them in little jars and made Christmas presents for us the year prior to the fall. I thought it was kind of cheesy at the time, but now it's kind of important to me. I never went to cut or anything, I was very much a 2%er, but I do remember waking up the morning after it fell and being horrified. I still remember hearing In The Arms Of an Angel by Sarah McLaughlin with the voiceovers from the press conferences and every time I hear that song it makes me cry and think about the guy who was so crushed that he knew he wasn't going to make it, he kept insisting that they get the other people around him first, they opened him up and his insides were like scrambled eggs, they kept him alive long enough for his parents to make it into town to say goodbye. I have ashes from the last Bonfire that burned. My suitemate had collected them in little jars and made Christmas presents for us the year prior to the fall. I thought it was kind of cheesy at the time, but now it’s kind of important to me.

I never went to cut or anything, I was very much a 2%er, but I do remember waking up the morning after it fell and being horrified. I still remember hearing In The Arms Of an Angel by Sarah McLaughlin with the voiceovers from the press conferences and every time I hear that song it makes me cry and think about the guy who was so crushed that he knew he wasn’t going to make it, he kept insisting that they get the other people around him first, they opened him up and his insides were like scrambled eggs, they kept him alive long enough for his parents to make it into town to say goodbye.

]]> By: Carol Tucker http://www.modernishfather.com/2008/11/18/nine-years/comment-page-1/#comment-2454 Carol Tucker Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:15:38 +0000 http://www.modernishfather.com/?p=892#comment-2454 wow, I remember hearing the news when it happened, and being concerned for people who I knew who were Aggies (especially my brother), but didn't realize it had been nine years already. It must be a tough anniversary for everyone there. wow, I remember hearing the news when it happened, and being concerned for people who I knew who were Aggies (especially my brother), but didn’t realize it had been nine years already. It must be a tough anniversary for everyone there.

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