HT13. Paralyzed from polio at 6, he was one of the last people with an iron lung – but now there is a sad update
Paul Alexander, often referred to as “The Man in the Iron Lung,” lived a life of extraordinary resilience and achievement despite being confined for decades to a mechanical respirator. Diagnosed with poliomyelitis in 1952 at the age of six, Alexander became one of the last people in the world dependent on an iron lung—a device … Read more