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"Mom, Mom, the Mountain Has Collapsed on the school." Decades Later, Survivors Described the Day 116 Children Died

Summary by TA3.com
On the morning of October 21, 1966, a normal school morning in the village of Aberfan, Wales, turned into a nightmare. The local school and several nearby houses were buried in coal slurry after a coal mine stack collapsed. 116 children and 28 adults died.
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On the morning of October 21, 1966, a normal school morning in the village of Aberfan, Wales, turned into a nightmare. The local school and several nearby houses were buried in coal slurry after a coal mine stack collapsed. 116 children and 28 adults died.

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TA3.com broke the news on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
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