Tragic graduation day: Weekend marks 25 years since UNC fraternity fire killed 5 students
Posted May 16, 2021
This weekend's graduation day marks 25 years since a tragic fire in a UNC fraternity house killed five students. The painful date is etched in local memory: May 12, 1996. It was graduation day – and Mother's Day. A smoldering cigarette sent the Phi Gamma Delta house up in flames. “It rocked my soul,” said Bonnie Woodruff, who lost her son, Ben.
(WRAL.com)
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