Paul Alexander, the Texas man who relied on an iron lung for seven decades, answered a series of unique questions from his ...

Ulmer praised Alexander's resilience, highlighting his remarkable journey from surviving polio to living over 70 years inside the iron lung. Despite his physical challenges, Alexander accomplished ...

The polio survivor, Paul Alexander, lived inside an iron lung for 70 years. But what is an iron lung and how does it work. Video by Sanjana Bhambhani A weekly summary of the big stories from ...

The iron lung was an invention that helped keep thousands of sufferers alive, by breathing for those who had lost the ability through the degenerative effects of the disease. A small handful of ...

The iron lung, conceptualized in the late 1920s, was most notably the first line of defense against polio during the epidemics that occurred between 1948 to 1955. The device saved the lives of ...

After being hospitalized, he woke up and found himself inside of an iron lung, which is a respirator that works a person’s diaphragm. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily ...