Aberfan survivor: My childhood ended that day

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  • Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2024

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  • @kierstencoats4417
    @kierstencoats4417 3 года назад +62

    I also learned about this tragedy from watching The Crown. As soon as the episode started in Wales I immediately knew there was going to be a tragic episode so I googled Aberfan to prepare myself but it still didn’t stop my heart from breaking. As a mother of two young boys my heart definitely goes out to all the children and their families. 😢

  • @daydreamergirl03
    @daydreamergirl03 4 года назад +73

    Survivor's guilt is a REAL trauma society needs to stop dismissing it

  • @tracyleesmith781
    @tracyleesmith781 5 лет назад +270

    I came here from watching the Crown on Netflix. I'm paying my respect & my condolences to the Aberfan community. 🙏🏾❤😢🙏🏾🇺🇲✌🏾 R. I.P.

    • @gabibuster1998
      @gabibuster1998 5 лет назад +2

      tleesmith781 lol I just watched the crown to but it’s really sad

    • @heath2510ok
      @heath2510ok 5 лет назад +2

      Thank you my friend ❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @angelanikki14
      @angelanikki14 4 года назад +3

      tleesmith781 same. Condolences to these lost children and every person affected.

    • @tracyleesmith781
      @tracyleesmith781 4 года назад

      @@heath2510ok
      Ur very welcome friend❤🙏🏾

    • @tracyleesmith781
      @tracyleesmith781 4 года назад +1

      @Definitely Not Tom
      Bc that's where I lived ✌🏾

  • @DOCTORDROTT
    @DOCTORDROTT 7 лет назад +101

    don't feel guilt, it was not your fault, you we just caught up in a disaster.

  • @sianharry8053
    @sianharry8053 5 лет назад +150

    Never blame yourself for someone else’s mistakes

    • @Roddy556
      @Roddy556 6 месяцев назад

      He blames himself for his good fortune. Which is ironically very unfortunate.

  • @Yash-bb3fy
    @Yash-bb3fy 5 лет назад +106

    R.I.P to all 166 victims who lost their lives on 21st October 1966; May God Protect the Humanity against such tragedies!😢

    • @starsfalldown1234567
      @starsfalldown1234567 5 лет назад +2

      May elune shine their path from the hereafter. The goddess watches over them.

  • @nonyabidness5708
    @nonyabidness5708 5 лет назад +125

    If it is preventable, we need to stop using the word "accident". Error in judgement is so much stronger.

    • @lamsy1
      @lamsy1 5 лет назад +2

      Thank you, diolch yn fawr. Such a strong statement but so true !!

    • @petebowditch5168
      @petebowditch5168 4 года назад +3

      @@lamsy1 this was not a accident it was a mass murder .so many young lives lost .r i p

    • @bcjnk
      @bcjnk 4 года назад +2

      totally agree this was not an accident the people and the NBC knew about the spring under the heap and the NBC did everything it could to blame everyone else and donot forget they had the nerve to use some of the money people had donated for the clean up

    • @terrythomas1329
      @terrythomas1329 4 года назад +2

      Technically there's no such thing as "an accident", everything is avoidable but such is written and spoken language it offers nothing more than "accident" RIP to all 144 victims of this "tragedy".

  • @marilynalexander5446
    @marilynalexander5446 4 года назад +22

    this still brings me to tears I was 13 years old and in school in swansea South Wales the feeling all over Wales was of deep deep sorrow like a cloud had passed over our beautiful country

  • @Flooorine
    @Flooorine 3 года назад +14

    As a mother, this tragic story made me cry so much. Those poor poor childeren terrified, gasping for air... It almost sounds unreal. My heart goes out to the parents of their sweet little childeren... What a cruel world we live in, discusting!!

  • @Efreeman22
    @Efreeman22 4 года назад +13

    The Crown brought me here but I’m glad to have learned about this tragic event in history 🙏🏽

  • @ranatangboo1185
    @ranatangboo1185 5 лет назад +23

    Such a sad event...never heard of it growing up in uk i was born in 67..the crown covered the story so well . Rip too all those innocent lives lost.

  • @silverstarlightproductions1292
    @silverstarlightproductions1292 5 лет назад +15

    I never even knew that this happened before I watched The Crown. So devastating. 😢💔

  • @hanlieloyd9260
    @hanlieloyd9260 3 года назад +9

    This is the most heartbreaking event that should have been avoided. God bless the community that still feel the pain and rest in peace to those who so sadly died that day.

  • @Axel-ll2jp
    @Axel-ll2jp 5 лет назад +14

    Here from the crown on Netflix ! This iS so tragic Rest In Peace 🙏

  • @julieseifert8641
    @julieseifert8641 5 лет назад +4

    I have also watched this episode of The Crown. Respects to everyone involved. I couldn’t even begin to imagine the pain. I was 8 years old at the time and still to this day remember my parents talking about it as they were from the UK only months of the tragedy occurred.

  • @MikeStrip
    @MikeStrip 3 года назад +1

    Bless him. This is so sad. Prayers for all who perished in this disaster. 🙏

  • @nachmanka
    @nachmanka 4 года назад +6

    As coming from the Polish mining town as well, I felt such pain while listening to what happened in Aberfan, those young children were the age of my Mother. God bless their little hearts and all families who lost their beloved ones in this tragedy :(

  • @kevangreenhalgh9806
    @kevangreenhalgh9806 2 года назад

    Never ever forgotten,With Love and Heart Felt Respect. XX

  • @lindastorey6685
    @lindastorey6685 5 лет назад +6

    I visited Aberfan in the 70s and the cemetery is heartbreaking to see.

    • @johnnewton3335
      @johnnewton3335 4 года назад +1

      i was passing last week and felt that i had to call in to pay my respects, i was 11 at the time and it really affected me, i went to the gardens, very peaceful, i couldn't face going to the cemetery.

    • @stephenrossiter2679
      @stephenrossiter2679 4 года назад

      I was 9 in 1966 and that day, in fact one report from Mitchelmore ended my childhood. The people (from all over the world) responded. The officials (the queen and her ministers) were abject in their failure. Its not systems its people. I would always trust a neighbour than a Queens good champion. Both may fail me but I know, if it comes to it, who I will trust.

  • @gavhinds8190
    @gavhinds8190 6 лет назад +36

    Who the hell left a dislike...R.I
    P. To all who died that day...

    • @JulieWallis1963
      @JulieWallis1963 5 лет назад

      gav hinds maybe people who don’t find the unnecessary death of children to be a form of entertainment!

    • @Supersquishyawesomeness
      @Supersquishyawesomeness 4 года назад +2

      julie Wallis education isn’t entertainment. Had the story been dramatized along fictional storylines in an effort to make a buck that would be a different story.

    • @kevinstephenson4674
      @kevinstephenson4674 4 года назад

      @@JulieWallis1963 I have deliberately clicked like to balance out someone's distastefulness.

  • @VickyLovell-h7g
    @VickyLovell-h7g Год назад +2

    Will, never,be forgotten,bless, you,all 2:10

  • @maryr.4757
    @maryr.4757 5 лет назад +23

    Who put a dislike on such a tragedy?? Who are you?? Sad.....

    • @carlgriffiths8482
      @carlgriffiths8482 5 лет назад

      Unbelievable I was thinking exactly the same

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 5 лет назад +4

      It's binary. You can choose like or dislike. Those are the only two options. A dislike doesn't necessarily mean that you are negative towards this man or the people who died. You may very well just like how the story was shot, edited or produced. You might disagree with some of the claims. But your only option is like or dislike.

    • @mamanarafa1252
      @mamanarafa1252 5 лет назад +3

      they choose dislike simply because they don't like this tragedy to happen.

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 5 лет назад

      @@mamanarafa1252 That's quite possible.

    • @JulieWallis1963
      @JulieWallis1963 5 лет назад +1

      Mary R. So you think people should be ‘liking’ a tragedy that ends with the death of almost 200 children? Not everyone gets the kick from sad news that _you do_

  • @SOLDIER110_
    @SOLDIER110_ 4 года назад +2

    i learnt about this tragedy after watching crown. i cried , those poor children and parents. i have cine to give my condolences and pay my respect i am so sorry for your loss .

  • @veebee7039
    @veebee7039 2 года назад

    Heartbreaking. Came onto RUclips after watching The Crown 😢😢
    Can’t stop crying. Poor children…R.I.P. 🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾💜❤

  • @margaretworth3837
    @margaretworth3837 5 лет назад +5

    Oh dear god I remember this horrific day

  • @boiifyoudont2952
    @boiifyoudont2952 5 лет назад +4

    Oh my god this is painful to watch im so sorry for all who lost their lives and loved ones poor angels

  • @josephlezano7691
    @josephlezano7691 5 лет назад +3

    Never knew about such loss of life in the U.K. It must have been terribly difficult for him and families. 50 year's too late ,but my condolences to all those who lost a loved one. From British Gibraltar,U.K Overseas Territory.

  • @Moniquethompsonn
    @Moniquethompsonn 3 года назад +4

    It’s so sad how I’m just finding out this happened in history!

  • @tanana2070
    @tanana2070 5 лет назад +12

    Just watched that episode of the Crown. Terrible thing. Don't feel guilty because you survived, you are still here for a purpose...to tell the story.

  • @Sailor.Catracha
    @Sailor.Catracha 5 лет назад +21

    So sad. And no one was prosecuted nor lost their job at the NCP?

    • @silverstarlightproductions1292
      @silverstarlightproductions1292 5 лет назад +6

      It's disgraceful. All those children dead, and all the NCP cared about was saving their own skins. 😤😤

  • @aprilolsennn
    @aprilolsennn 4 года назад

    The Crown brought me here. My heart hurts for those families who lost their children and loved ones to this disaster.

  • @rhymeandreasoning
    @rhymeandreasoning 4 года назад

    Aberfan was a side recommendation on RUclips last night. I never knew of the Aberfan disaster so I watched. Then just today I found out about The Crown, and the episode they had done on Aberfan. I never watch The Crown but found the episode on Netflix and just now watched the episode. Heartbreaking, and heartwrenching. I send my belated sincere condolences to all involved, and effected.

  • @fragrancebyarsh
    @fragrancebyarsh 3 года назад

    I came here after watching The Crown 👑 on Netflix
    Its was heartbreaking to see this disaster.
    My deeply condolences to those families. RIP

  • @profesorluisramos2449
    @profesorluisramos2449 5 лет назад +4

    So sorry

  • @samhutchingshutchings873
    @samhutchingshutchings873 8 лет назад +6

    SHOCKING............. 1 mins silent

  • @megancole5803
    @megancole5803 8 лет назад +7

    im upset

  • @spd47
    @spd47 6 лет назад +6

    An awful tragedy,RIP.

  • @jenniferknight1511
    @jenniferknight1511 5 лет назад +6

    Poor kid.

  • @deniseeulert2503
    @deniseeulert2503 4 месяца назад

    I'm from the US and I remember the disaster when it happened. I was the same age about as all those kids and I kind of thought "It could have been me."

  • @arisjatmika
    @arisjatmika 5 лет назад +3

    R.I.P 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻☹️☹️☹️💐💐💐

  • @shawnadyment
    @shawnadyment 4 года назад +2

    RUclips needs emotional reaction buttons instead of thumbs up or down, because I can't quite "like" this video, you know? It's so tragic.

  • @Lauranna
    @Lauranna 4 года назад

    A terrible burden for a child to carry. I can’t imagine the pain of the parents.

  • @andypanda4927
    @andypanda4927 5 лет назад +3

    That is a "Strong" community. I suspect most 'villas and burgs would be, pretty much, permanently shattered.

  • @nicolewrytr
    @nicolewrytr 2 года назад

    God bless.

  • @raeortegag.741
    @raeortegag.741 6 месяцев назад

    knowing this by watching the crown

  • @wendydonovan1777
    @wendydonovan1777 4 года назад

    So so sad

  • @mistieblue9
    @mistieblue9 5 лет назад

    My deep Condolences to the people of Aberfan! 🙏🏻
    A lot of us didn’t know about them.
    How to forget?
    A horrible disaster that horrified me by watching on Netflix the Crown the disbelief of the political arrangements in place that knew the whole problem they were causing without even thinking about what could happen.
    The question I asked myself as I looked at these pictures after: « What happened to this village after? Is it that they have received help from the government or the crown? »

    • @Production791
      @Production791 4 года назад +1

      MistieBlue Research..the Government robbed them and the people suffered...they were even means tested to get access to grief assistance. Never will I forget.

  • @kevangreenhalgh9806
    @kevangreenhalgh9806 2 года назад

    Never

  • @wendydonovan1777
    @wendydonovan1777 4 года назад

    Rip

  • @KenzoBrown16
    @KenzoBrown16 5 лет назад +2

    🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙏🏻

  • @bachiltonsbattlegrounds3702
    @bachiltonsbattlegrounds3702 5 лет назад +5

    I like how everyone here is because of Netflix... lmao

    • @minuteman4394
      @minuteman4394 5 лет назад

      I'm here because I can recall this tragedy clearly and one of the things that stayed with me was the fact that emergency services were prevented from getting to the site by rubber neckers blocking the narrow roads.awful.

    • @love_agapi_m3976
      @love_agapi_m3976 4 года назад +1

      Bc most of us didn’t know about the tragedy until we watched The Crown. It was before I was born. So we are coming here to pay our respects. Better late then never

    • @bachiltonsbattlegrounds3702
      @bachiltonsbattlegrounds3702 4 года назад

      It was before I was born too , you heathens need to learn your history

  • @Funkopopsstorewalkthroughsunbo
    @Funkopopsstorewalkthroughsunbo 3 года назад +1

    Terrible I can’t watch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Cymru am byth