On Friday, people in a little Welsh village near Merthyr Tydfil will pause and think back, with great sadness, 50 years.
On October 21, 1966, the world was stunned by the news that a massive landslide at Aberfan had engulfed a farm, houses – and a school. Spoil from a nearby colliery, loosened by water, crashed down the mountainside just as youngsters at Pantglas Junior School were starting their first lessons of the day, and the mix of mud and debris poured into their classrooms. A few children managed to escape, but 116 died, together with 28 adults.
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