Nansi Williams

Lunch lady Nansi Williams, in the Welsh community of Aberfan in 1966, witnessed a coal waste pile fall and threw herself on top of five students to protect them from the avalanche. While all five kids made it through, Nansi did not. The school's deputy headmaster, David Beynon, also lost his life while trying to protect five students by holding them in his arms. Unfortunately, all of them perished.

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