9 5 6 ▁had ▁begun . ▁After ▁seeing ▁hundreds ▁of ▁injured ▁people , ▁he ▁volunte ered ▁to ▁help ▁at ▁the ▁hospital . ▁He ▁said ▁he ▁received ▁a ▁signed ▁directive ▁to ▁drive ▁a ▁tr uck ▁and ▁deliver ▁sugar ▁to ▁the ▁medical ▁school ▁clin ics ▁which ▁he ▁believed ▁motiv ated ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁Secret ▁Police ▁to ▁seek ▁him ▁out ▁for ▁question ing . ▁He ▁also ▁re called ▁a ▁shooting ▁incident ▁where ▁a ▁bullet ▁missed ▁his ▁head ▁by ▁" a ▁few ▁inches ". ▁ ▁On ▁November ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁he ▁fled ▁from ▁Budapest ▁to ▁Austria ▁with ▁his ▁future ▁wife ▁En id , ▁his ▁sister , ▁brother - in - law , ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁others ▁after ▁the ▁S ovi ets ▁inv aded ▁the ▁city . ▁He ▁had ▁no ▁prior ▁intention ▁to ▁leave ▁Hung ary ▁until ▁he ▁learned ▁from ▁his ▁mother ▁that ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁Secret ▁Police ▁were ▁looking ▁for ▁him . ▁R acz ▁said ▁if ▁they ▁found ▁him , ▁" That ▁would ▁have ▁meant ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁my ▁dream s ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁doctor . ▁Perhaps ▁I ▁would ▁have ▁ended ▁up ▁in ▁prison . ▁Not ▁that ▁I ▁had ▁done ▁anything ▁but ▁many ▁other ▁people ▁ended ▁up ▁in ▁prison ▁following ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁without ▁comm itting ▁any ▁crime ." ▁He ▁arrived ▁in ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁town ▁of ▁Eisen stadt ▁where ▁bus es ▁were ▁waiting ▁to ▁take ▁refuge es ▁to ▁their ▁new ▁homes . ▁R acz ▁chose ▁the ▁bus ▁to ▁England , ▁and ▁he ▁along ▁with ▁his ▁family ▁and