UPDATE JULY 2021
On April 8, 1953, firefighters freed commuters trapped in a London Underground tunnel after two trains collided between Statford and Leyton during the evening rush hour.
Nine people died and many others were injured.
Doctors and nurses performed surgery as the fire brigade and civil defense burrowed through the Central Line wreckage.
"It's just a shamble down there," said a fireman quoted by the Glasgow Herald. "We have to cut our way through every inch."
