Bull Run

I just had the morbid thought that the most famous person I personally had contact with during my four years at UI is now dead. Actually, he became famous due to the circumstances surrounding that death. While in law school I ran into my one of my freshman suitemates from my UI days. He made the passing remark that it was "too bad about Tasio." Tasio? He proceeded to explain that Matt Tasio was a friend of my other suitemate. I instantly knew who he was talking about. I didn't remember his name because I hadn't seen him since my freshmen year. Anyway, Matt Tasio had died in the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona. When the news broke I remember reading a newspaper article about a recently graduated University of Illinois student (engineering degree) who had been killed during the Running. I just didn't realize it was someone I knew. Today I looked up the Running of the Bulls to see if I could find any information about the incident. 1995 was still pre-Internet for the newspapers, so contemporary online articles about the incident were not to be found. I did find a few short references to the incident, but only in articles about the history of the Running. Despite what you would think from the footage, only 14 men have died in the Running. Matt Tasio was the 13th.