It has been 60 years since the Aberfan disaster in Wales.
On 21 October 1966, pupils at a south Wales primary school had just started their final day before the half term break, but within minutes, more than a hundred of them would be dead.
The tragedy was caused by an avalanche of coal waste which swept through the small village.
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Even now, six decades on, new accounts of that day are still emerging.
Viv Jones was 15 at the time and this is the first anniversary when he has felt ready to talk about it publicly.
There are details some viewers may find distressing.
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0:00 – Intro
0:43 – Aberfan disaster
2:12 – ‘A mound of black’
5:17 – ‘I can feel it now’
7:24 – Looking through his brother’s wallet
8:23 – ‘I want the kids to be remembered’
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