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Four people who were children at the time of the Aberfan disaster recall the moment when a coal waste tip collapsed on schools and homes 60 years ago.

Gerald Kirwan told BBC Newsnight he thought it was an earthquake and found his classmate unresponsive, while his other classmate Gaynor Madgwick recalled waking up to finding herself buried up to her chest in the massive slurry.

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