Exhausted police, miners and helpers are silhouetted against the temporary arc lights and against the steam coming off the coal mine slurry after digging all day for survivors, Aberfan in 1966 by Ian Berry.Exhausted police, miners and helpers are silhouetted against the temporary arc lights and against the steam coming off the coal mine slurry after digging all day for survivors, Aberfan in 1966 by Ian Berry.

In the days before instant news, I remember first seeing what had happened on a newspaper headline. It was shocking then, and it's still shocking that this could have been allowed to happen.