On Friday, October 21, 1966, the small Welsh village of Aberfan suffered woke up to a typical autumn day. Many of the men in the village went to work at the local coal mine and the children went to the local school.

At 9:15 am, the lives of everyone in the village had changed forever. The village suffered one of the worst industrial accidents in British history.

Learn more about the Aberfan Disaster, its causes, and its aftermath, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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