The 13th Man

Nov 7, 2019

1h 49m

★ 7.9

On November 18, 1999, a college in Texas changed forever.

Overview

A documentary about the tragic Texas A&M bonfire collapse that left 12 dead and 27 injured.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Double Wave Prods.

The 13th Man Trailers

Cast

Self, first responder

Darrin Allen

Self, '13th Man'

John Comstock

Self, local resident

Demetra Cooks

Self. victim

Bill Davis

Self, victim's family

Leslie Comstock Day

Self, victim's family

Jerry Ebanks

Self, funeral home director

Erin Giese

Self, first responder

Thomas Goehl

Self, nurse

Lu Hubert

Self, victim's family

Janice Kerlee

Self, John's wife

Michelle Munguia

Self, A&M alumni

Dan Quinn

From the moment we got engaged and set a wedding date, we began thinking about the reasons we chose one another. What was so special about this relationship that we decided to spend our lives together? Would our love be the same if we were born in another time or at another place? What is love exactly? Driven by those questions, we decided to embark on a one year journey around the world to research whether love, one of the highest values in our lives, is universal, or it is completely conditioned by the circumstances around us.

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