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Tube survivor meets rescue family

A man who was saved by a woman from a fatal crush at a London Underground station during World War II has met his rescuer's family after 66 years.

Alfie Morris was 13 years old when he went to take shelter in Bethnal Green Tube station, east London, on 3 March 1943 from an impending air-raid.

Maude Chumbley grabbed his hair and saved him from the crush as hundreds of people climbed down the stairs.

A total of 173 people, including many children, were killed in the crush.

Mrs Chumbley also survived the incident, but died more than 50 years ago.

Read entire article at BBC