In August 1939, Paddock was a 3-and-a-half-year-old living in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. A British stockbroker began arranging for trains to rescue children and bring them to England. Paddock's mother put her two girls on what would be the last train out.
"She said it was like dying," Paddock said.
Nicholas Winton would save 669 children on eight so-called Kindertransports.
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the rescue, a vintage train carrying two dozen survivors departed from Prague last week for a three-day journey. After a ferry ride, they arrived again in London where Winton, now 100 years old, greeted them.
Watch the incredible video of the reunion at link - http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/20780122/index.html
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