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Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year 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

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Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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Paul Alexander: 'Man in the iron lung' dies at the age of 78
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Paul Alexander worked as a lawyer and lived for decades in a metal cylinder which breathed for him.
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    1 year ago

    IDK. I reckon the 1:8B is a bit worse

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