‘It’s too much’: New Yorkers don masks or stay inside amid smog crisis
by Samira Asma-Sadeque in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#6C3H6)
New York City streets emptier than usual as smoke from Canada's wildfires engulfs more than a dozen US states
Irania Sanchez, 53, was gasping for breath during her walk in the New York City borough of Queens on Wednesday morning. The air was thick and smelled of the smoke that had descended over the metropolis and a swath of the US.
She was on her way to visit a friend who recently had surgery but then wanted to go on a walk with Sanchez.
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