It's been ten years since the bonfire tragedy. On the eve of the bonfire collapse, thousands of people showed up to remember those lives lost. Now, there is even talk of bringing bonfire back to campus.

A decade after disaster hit A&M and there are still heavy hearts for those who died. a dozen souls were taken in a blink of the eye.

On Tuesday they remembered the dead and reflected on the tragedy. Five Thousand Aggies filled Reed Arena and to pay respects for those killed on campus.  

A&M Corps Commander Brent Lanier says, "We remember them as friends, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters. We remember them Aggies."

It was chaos on campus ten years ago as a nearly 60-foot wall of logs tumbled onto 39 people. The twisted mess killed 12.

Richard West, whose son was killed in the disaster says, "I still sit at the roll top desk in front of the computer wishing the phone would ring so I could here "hi dad it's me."

Bonfire was banned ending a tradition that dated back to 1909. It's an Aggie ritual built to show spirit and support before they play the longhorns on the football field.

Will Hurd, the 1999 A&M student body president says, "That win against the Longhorns was a tiny ray of light inside a dark tunnel we had been living in for the past eight days."

Some say out of respect for the dead the bonfire should remain off campus, although there is a push to bring it back.

Cheryl Cox says, “I think the students today are cheated because they are not allowed to participate.”

Aggie Bonfire Chairman Frank Cox says, “There will be a candlelight vigil early tomorrow morning at the exact time the tower of trees fell.”

Bonfire lives on just off campus at a farm about 15 miles from campus. It will be lit again next Tuesday.

Next year, the Governor, who is an Aggie, hopes to have the tradition back on campus but it has to be approved by the regents who were appointed by Governor Perry.