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A noise like thunder – then my classroom went black. How I lost my brother, sister and stability to the Aberfan disaster
In 1966, a colliery spoil tip collapsed on a primary school in Wales. 144 people were killed, including 116 children. Gaynor Madgwick recalls waking up in the debris – and the horror and healing that followed