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- The United Kingdom will install a purple plaque honoring Nansi Williams for shielding children during the Aberfan disaster.
- Williams died on 21 October 1966 holding pupils under a table, saving five children.
- Survivor Paul Harries, then six, was rescued from beneath her.
- Harries later described Williams as a hero.
- The plaque ceremony coincides with the disaster’s 60th anniversary, which killed 144 people, including 116 children.