The morning of December 5th, 1952 was no different than any former day in London, England for Barbara Fewster and her fiancé. The air was frigid and there was fog just like any other day. After she woke up and got ready for dance class at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet, she put on her normal dance attire and sauntered toward the door. The only difference today, in this 24 year old’s life, was that she had to meet her fiancé for dinner with a conductor. Around 6pm she headed to meet her fiancé at a restaurant near Hampstead Hill, when there was already a slight fog.
As the dinner finished around 8pm Barbara noticed the fog had gotten even thicker and hopped into her fiancés car as he drove her home towards Kingston upon Thames. The smog hit the car like a wall, it stuck to the windows and was really thick. Since they could barely see, Barbara popped her head out
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She had to walk close to the side lights therefore, he wouldn’t be able to see her. It was still tough to see even with his headlights on because it just reflected off the smog. After walking 10 miles in her evening shoes Barbara’s fiancé got out of the car when he thought he lost her, but she was just out of sight of the side lights so he couldn’t see her. After he found her, they also found a car that had ridden over a tree.
6 miles later, at 5am Barbara and her fiancé reached her house, but the smog was creeping in through cracks and they could no longer breathe as well or see. They thought that being in a closed area, like a house or building, would keep most fog out. It was tougher to breathe and the air got denser as the day went along. The smog continued for 4 days and only got worse. More than 4,000 people died during the week of this suffocating