The Aggie Bonfire Memorial on the campus of Texas A&M University honors those who died during the 1999 tragedy. The collapse claimed the lives of 12 Aggies and inured 27 others at 2:42 a.m. on Nov ...

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents approved the construction in November 2022. Opening on Aug. 21 is the four-story Estrella Hall, the university’s second on-campus residence hall .