Paul Alexander, the man who, after surviving polio as a child, lived in an iron lung for more than 70 years, has died.
Several international media reported this, citing an update on his GoFundMe page where his death was announced.
Alexander could only leave his iron lung for a few hours after learning to breathe, and used a plastic stick with a pen attached to tap on a keyboard and communicate.
He was writing his life story in a book titled 'Three Minutes for a Dog,' Sky News recalls, noting that his condition had reportedly worsened in recent years, with a chronic respiratory infection and severe pain in his legs whenever he walked. it was moving.
Known as "Polio Paul", his story has traveled around the world over the years.
He contracted the viral disease in the summer of 1952 when he was six years old and was paralyzed from the neck down.
He was rushed to a Texas hospital and woke up inside the metal cylinder where he later spent the rest of his life.
But the iron lung didn't stop him: he attended college and became a lawyer.
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