Will Pike

There was no financial aid.

I joked about getting some money in hospital.

Well, at least I'm part of this.

At least I'll get some cash.

And it's like, no, no, you won't.

Because this is the UK and we don't do things like that.

There's an emergency relief fund by the British Red Cross fund.

It's like 10 grand.

Oh, and my workplace and advertising industry did a fundraiser and kind of raised 30 grand.

That was like, wow, amazing.

And you just realise how quickly money like that just goes when you're spending it on medical equipment or just anything, really.

But the real loophole was around this criminal injuries compensation scheme that compensates victims of terrorism in the UK.

So if you're a foreign national and you come to the UK and you're caught up in a terror attack...

And depending on the level of injury, you can receive certain compensation.

But because I was in another country and India that didn't have a scheme, I was eligible for nothing.

In the United Kingdom in 2008, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme existed to support victims of violent crime.

If you were attacked on a street in London or caught up in a bombing somewhere around the country, the state recognized your suffering and provided financial support to help you rebuild your life.

The system was far from perfect, but it existed.

It acknowledged that those caught up in these violent incidents that were not of their doing needed help.

However, that was unless that violence had happened abroad.