stop the thread of C#

gistfile1.txt

class MyThreadClass
{
    ManualResetEvent _stopEvent;
    Thread _thread;

    public MyThreadClass()
    {
    }

    public void Start()
    {
        _stopEvent = new ManualResetEvent(false);
        _thread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(ThreadFunction));
        _thread.Start();
    }

    public void Stop()
    {
        _stopEvent.Set();
        _thread.Join();  // block until thread completed          
    }

    private void ThreadFunction()
    {
        int index = 0;

        while (!_stopEvent.WaitOne(0))
        {
            Thread.Sleep(500);
            Console.WriteLine("{0}", index);
            ++index;
        }
    }
}

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        MyThreadClass example = new MyThreadClass();
        example.Start();

        Thread.Sleep(10000);

        example.Stop();
    }
}