COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — A somber candlelight vigil is concluding Texas A&M University's marking of the 10th anniversary of a bonfire collapse that killed 12 people.
More than 3,000 people attended a vigil that began Wednesday at 2:42 a.m., the exact time of the Nov. 18, 1999 accident.
The vigil took place on the collapse site, where a circular memorial now stands. It followed a ceremony Tuesday evening at the university's basketball arena.
The 30-minute vigil was marked by long stretches of silence mixed with the crowd singing "Amazing Grace" and school songs such as "The Spirit of Aggieland."
Students and others were building the 59-foot tower of logs in what had been an annual football season tradition on campus when it collapsed. Twenty-seven people were injured.
