Their stories were chilling. The teenagers had lived through the horrors of the Moscow metro. On the first day of the invasion, Misha and Anya, along with their parents, took refuge from the looming death at the Dynamo metro station. Thousands upon thousands of people crammed into the metro. The crush was so intense that dozens of people on the platform were injured and even killed, trampled by the frenzied crowd. Soldiers were even forced to open fire on new arrivals and close the massive station doors, cutting off the metro from the outside world.
That the people had trapped themselves became clear by the beginning of the next day. The unbearable heat and the heavy smell of feces made it impossible to breathe. The station's ventilation system couldn't cope with the strain, and then comp
