Life UNDER the streets: How the diseased and destitute are forced to carve out a grim existence in the sewers of Eastern Europe
Hundreds live in Romanian capital Bucharest's vast network of sewers
All have HIV and quarter have TB while glue is the universal drug of choice
The adults were 'sewer children' of the fall of Communism and never left
At head of the society is Bruce Lee, who mentors, rules and deals drugs
There is a twisted order to Bruce Lees underground fiefdom. Social workers told us he tries to protect the young ones from sexual predators. He pays protection money to a local gang. Also, addicts are less likely to die down here because he offers them a sort of safety and a warm place to sleep. Next stop, the section of the tunnels called the Hotel.
'Most of the people here are from the orphanages. I tried to organise them. We want to prove that we are not like what they believe, the scum of society, rats or prisoners, or whatever. The system doesn't look after them. They come to me, for food, warmth, parental advice, understanding. We are a family, we want to be a family here, and that’s what we are.'
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