The Moscow Theatre Hostage Crisis was one of the deadliest hostage situations in modern history. In October 2002, Chechen militants stormed the Dubrovka Theatre in Moscow during a packed performance, taking more than 800 people hostage. For nearly three days, hostages were trapped inside while negotiations failed and tension escalated across Russia. Russian special forces eventually ended the siege by pumping an aerosolized chemical agent into the theater to incapacitate the attackers. While all