Texas A&M bonfire survivor speaks to WFAA 25 years later [Video]

DALLAS — Now that a quarter of a century has passed, John Comstock doesn’t dwell on what happened.

He goes to work and cares for his family – just lives his life from day to day. But each November, the memories come flooding back.

“It happens right around this time of year,” Comstock said.

He grew up in Richardson and was the first Aggie in his family. He remembers sitting in his dorm room that night, cramming for two tests scheduled for the following day.

Someone stopped and talked him into working an overnight shift at the site where the Aggie bonfire was being built. On a campus rich with tradition, Bonfire was likely the most treasured.

Every fall, students spent weeks weaving together and stacking thousands of logs into a wedding cake design …