A&M; Bonfire Victim Discharged
The last Texas A&M; University student to be rescued from last year’s fatal bonfire collapse was released from the hospital Friday.
John Comstock, 19, was upbeat as he left Zale Lipshy University Hospital after five months.
“I want to try to get back to A&M; by next spring,” he said.
Comstock, a freshman, was wiring logs together on the fourth tier of the 40-foot stack of logs when it fell Nov. 18. He was pinned under timbers for nearly seven hours in the collapse that killed 12 students and injured 27 others.
He was partially paralyzed, and his left leg was amputated above the knee. He lives in the Dallas suburb of Richardson and is taking college classes via the Internet from A&M;’s biomedical science program. He said he would like to see the bonfire tradition continue.
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