the children, the children are everywhere. and you see them there, their hands are freezing and their teeth are just.are chattering. they re so cold. we all live in an age of nonstop news with information literally at your fingertips. and we have news teams right across the uk chasing stories, checking facts, reporting accurately and fairly. and i have a vague memory of being about five or six years old and seeing television reports of a real disaster that had happened in a village not farfrom where i lived. it s now feared that nearly 200 lives were lost when the coal tip at aberfan near merthyr tydfil slid forward today. it engulfed an infant school and a row of houses. and still it goes on the never ending search for the bodies of the men, women and children who are buried down here beneath the slurry and sludge.
are freezing and their teeth are just.are chattering. they re so cold. we all live in an age of nonstop news with information literally at your fingertips. and we have news teams right across the uk chasing stories, checking facts, reporting accurately and fairly. and i have a vague memory of being about five or six years old and seeing television reports of a real disaster that had happened in a village not farfrom where i lived. it s now feared that nearly 200 lives were lost when the coal tip at aberfan near merthyr tydfil slid forward today. it engulfed an infant school and a row of houses. and still it goes on the never ending search for the bodies of the men, women and children who are buried down here beneath the slurry and sludge. and it attracted rescuers from well, all over wales, in fact from england as well they re streaming across the severn bridge from bristol, offering their services. and bill, if i can ask
nonstop news with information literally at your fingertips. and we have news teams right across the uk chasing stories, checking facts, reporting accurately and fairly. and i have a vague memory of being about five or six years old and seeing television reports of a real disaster that had happened in a village not farfrom where i lived. it s now feared that nearly 200 lives were lost when the coal tip at aberfan near merthyr tydfil slid forward today. it engulfed an infant school and a row of houses. and still it goes on the never ending search for the bodies of the men, women and children who are buried down here beneath the slurry and sludge. and it attracted rescuers from well, all over wales, in fact from england as well they re streaming across the severn bridge from bristol, offering their services. and bill, if i can ask you to come in for a moment, i know you ve just this moment come up from what looked like dante s inferno down there. what, in fact, is it like?
and you see them there, their hands are freezing and their teeth they re so cold. we all live in an age of nonstop news with information literally at your fingertips. and we have news teams right across the uk chasing stories, checking facts, reporting accurately and fairly. and i have a vague memory of being about five or six years old and seeing television reports of a real disaster that had happened in a village not farfrom where i lived. it s now feared that nearly 200 lives were lost when the coal tip at aberfan near merthyr tydfil slid forward today. it engulfed an infant school and a row of houses. and still it goes on the never ending search for the bodies of the men, women and children who are buried down here beneath the slurry and sludge. and it attracted rescuers from well, all over wales, in fact from england as well they re streaming across the severn bridge from bristol, offering their services. and bill, if i can ask
we saw youngsters in distress and helped drag them to safety. another terrifying moment for children already traumatised by conflict. two rows of concrete blocks are now home for 38 families. crude metal roofs don t keep winter snows out, and they don t keep anyone warm. the children, the children are everywhere. and you see them there, their hands are freezing and their teeth are just.are chattering. they re so cold. we all live in an age of nonstop news with information literally at your fingertips. and we have news teams right across the uk chasing stories, checking facts, reporting accurately and fairly. and i have a vague memory of being about five or six years old and seeing television reports