Paul Alexander (polio survivor) - Wikipedia
Paul Richard Alexander (January 30, 1946 – March 11, 2024) was an American paralytic polio survivor, lawyer and writer. The last man to live in an iron lung, he contracted polio in 1952 at …
The man in the iron lung: How Paul Alexander lived life to ...
After an emergency tracheostomy operation, he was unable to breathe without the iron lung machine that now encased his small body. When he died recently at the age of 78, Paul had …
Texas Man Who Lived 70 Years in an Iron Lung Dies at 78: ‘I ...
2024年3月13日 · Almost completely paralyzed from the neck down, Alexander, who died on March 11 at age 78, spent much of the next seven decades in a large steel ventilator known …
Paul Alexander, The Man Who Lived In An Iron Lung For 72 Years
2024年5月26日 · Before his death in March 2024 at the age of 78, Paul Alexander earned a law degree, wrote a memoir, and rose to fame on social media — all while using an iron lung to …
This man lived in an iron lung for more than 70 years. Here's ...
2024年3月15日 · Paul Alexander, a polio survivor who became known as "the man in the iron lung" died on Monday, aged 78. He contracted polio as a boy, leaving him paralysed from the …
‘Polio Paul,’ who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron ...
2024年3月14日 · Paul Alexander, who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years and defied expectations by becoming a lawyer and author, died Monday afternoon at the age of 78, …
Man in an iron lung since age 6 dies at 78 - NPR
2024年3月13日 · Paul Alexander, who held a Guinness World Record for living the longest with the help of an iron lung, has died. Here, medical staff stand among iron lung machines in an …