UK widow of "Mind the Gap" voice makes unusual tube request

March 20, 2013 7:06 AM

London's subway, better known as the tube, celebrates its 150th birthday - making it the oldest underground railway system in the world. But, as Clarissa Ward reports, the tube is also making news because of an unusual request from a widow.

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