For most of the 27 injured when Bonfire crashed to the ground, life went on.
They graduated from Texas A&M University. They found jobs, got married. A few became parents.
And although the horrific memories still pull some back into the moments after 5,000 logs dismantled beneath them, the pain is just that â?? a memory.
Each feels loss for the 12 who didnâ??t make it, but only a handful, including Chip Thiel â?? who underwent nine hours of surgery to repair a punctured lung and a leg broken in 10 places â?? have reminders of their physical wounds.