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Asbestos killed my mum in her 40s – was her school to blame?
'Mum died young from asbestos - now my family want justice'
When Caroline Bryan was enjoying high school with friends in the early 90s, she would never have imagined replaying those memories in her final weeks, while searching for answers about her terminal condition.
The mum was 46 when she died from mesothelioma, an incurable cancer linked to asbestos exposure.
As she came to terms with her difficult diagnosis, Caroline's belief was the only place she could have encountered asbestos was during her time at school decades earlier.
Her family blame the local authority that ran Caroline's school for her death and are taking legal action. Cardiff council said it would be inappropriate to comment on ongoing legal proceedings.
"She never had the sort of career that would have exposed her to asbestos," said Caroline's daughter Brooklyn.
"We never lived in any houses that would have had asbestos in."
Caroline was mostly a stay at home mum and the family hadn't heard of mesothelioma before, but quickly learned it likely came from asbestos fibres she will have unknowingly breathed in many years before.
Brooklyn said she remembered her mum as a "kind and caring person" who would go "above and beyond for anybody"
"Before she passed, she contacted a solicitor," added Brooklyn.