A zinc worker who stormed Normandy asked, 'What's a little bit of smoke to us? We've been through hell.'
As heard by us
A hard look at a disaster that ties labor, health, and local memory together.
A stop at the Smog Museum on the drive to Wheeling opens onto the 1948 smog disaster, when a temperature inversion trapped smoke and toxins from the mill in the valley.
Why you'd press play
Hear how one town's smoke became a warning about work, health, and the environment.
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