Each of those 144 deaths was entirely avoidable, but nobody was held to account. We still don’t know how to get justice for ordinary people Aberfan taught us a lot. Mostly, of course, that those in power cannot be trusted.
Source: [Guardian Politics](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/24/aberfan-disaster-missing-children-deaths-john-humphrys)