Busman's holiday for Israeli MD in London

Not the vacation Benny Meilik had in mind.

In his work as an emergency surgeon and consultant at the Tel Aviv Medical Center, he has worked saving lives from terror attacks across Israel – and he wanted some peaceful, reflective time with his wife Libby, away from the trauma of treating victims of violence.

But on the first morning of his trip he found himself dragging victims free from the wreckage of the 8:51 a.m. Piccadilly Line eastbound train and working frantically to save their lives.

The family were staying in the Russell House Hotel, next door to the tube station.