>> NARRATOR: This is the Heroes
of Labor metro station.
Day after day, for weeks, it has
been home to hundreds of people.
The trains have stopped running
and it has become a makeshift
bomb shelter.
(song continues)
>> (singing):
>> WOMAN (speaking Russian):
(song ends)
>> (clapping softly)
>> (chuckles)
>> MAN (speaking Russian):
>> (speaking Russian):
(people talking and coughing)
>> NARRATOR: Despite the
shelling, some aid has been
arriving.
>> (speaking Russian):
>> DIMA (speaking Russian):
>> NARRATOR: Local volunteer
groups have been providing two
basic meals a day.
>> WOMAN:
>> DIMA:
>> WOMAN:
>> DIMA:
(talking in background)
(dogs barking)
>> NARRATOR: Many people are
trying to maintain normal
routines.
(phone audio playing)
Before the war, ten-year-old
Vika took ballroom dancing
classes.
>> VIKA (speaking Russian):
>> MOM (speaking Russian):
(chuckling)
>> VIKA:
>> NARRATOR: Vika is here with
her mom, grandmother, and little
brother Misha.
>> (talking quietly)
>> NARRATOR: She's trying to
keep up with her school work.
>> MOM:
>> VIKA:
>> MOM:
>> VIKA:
>> MOM:
>> WOMAN (in Russian, over
loudspeaker):
(children exclaiming)
(dogs barking)
>> (speaking Russian):
>> (exclaiming):
>> MAN:
>> BOY (speaking Russian):
>> MAN:
>> (exclaiming):
(man laughs)
>> (plucking notes)
(speaking Russian):
>> GIRL:
>> BOY:
>> MISHA:
(guitar playing)
>> (singing indistinctly)
>> VIKA:
(playing)
>> MISHA:
>> GRANDMOTHER:
(guitar playing)
>> Opa!