Today is Sunday, March 29, 2020.

On this day in 2010, two suicide bombers attacked two different metro stations in Moscow during rush hour, killing 40 people. Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original.

Today we're covering the 2010 Moscow Metro bombings.

During peak travel time, two terrorists detonated explosive devices.

Let's go back to the early morning of March 29th, 2010.

It was another crowded rush hour in the heart of Moscow.

Countless people were pushing past one another to catch their train.

They were just part of the mass of over 7 million who used the city's metro each day

Making it one of the busiest in the world

Around 730 a.m. a red subway train pulled into Hugo Zapadna station

along the Suulny Chisaya line, ready to carry passengers into the heart of Moscow.

Scores of people piled into the heart of Moscow. Scores of people piled into the train cars on their daily commute.

It was always crowded, but there were plenty of places to hold on to.

At least it was warm, a respite from the biting cold outside.

Square-jawed Russian men clad in leather jackets checked their phones.

Mothers held the hands of their children, making sure they didn't slip away.

At each stop, more people filtered into the train cars,

all trying to make it through the day. It was only a short ride into the heart of

town, and 20 minutes later, they were only one stop away from the Kremlin, as they neared the center of town, even more people flooded in and out of each car.

At 755, the conductor of the sleek train eased down on the break as it entered into Lubyanka Station.

It was crowded.

The station sat right under FSB, the former KGB headquarters, and it was the transfer spot for another

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