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76-year-old man, paralyzed from polio at 6, is one of the last people with an iron lung: ‘My life is incredible’

Posted on March 15, 2024March 15, 2024 By Admin No Comments on 76-year-old man, paralyzed from polio at 6, is one of the last people with an iron lung: ‘My life is incredible’

Paul Alexander, 76, has lived a life unlike many others. For the majority of his life, he’s lived with an iron lung, and he’s one of the last people in the world still using the respirator which dates back to the 1928.

Despite his unusual circumstances, he’s lived an incredibly full life and he’s never accepted anything less.

“I am not going to accept from anybody their limitations on my life. Not gonna do it. My life is incredible.”

 

 

When Paul was just six years old he ran into his family’s home in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, and told his mother he wasn’t feeling well. Since his birth in 1946, Paul had been a normal, vibrant, and active child – but now something was clearly wrong.

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