World News@lemmy.ml · 8 months ago

Paul Alexander, the polio survivor who spent over 70 years in an Iron Lung, has died at 78

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Paul Alexander, the polio survivor who spent over 70 years in an Iron Lung, has died at 78

World News@lemmy.ml · 8 months ago

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Paul Alexander: 'Man in the iron lung' dies at the age of 78

Paul Alexander worked as a lawyer and lived for decades in a metal cylinder which breathed for him.

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8 months ago
Well you’re fucked then I guess.

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