Alexander contracted polio in 1952, when he was 6. He became paralyzed from the neck down and he began using an iron lung to breathe. Confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, Paul ...

DALLAS (AP) — Confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, Paul Alexander managed to train himself to breathe on his own for part of the day, earned a law degree, wrote a book about ...

DALLAS — The family of Paul Alexander, the longest living iron lung patient in history, is hoping the machine that helped Paul can be salvaged for another purpose. Alexander, 78, died last week after ...

DALLAS -- Paul Alexander, who spent the vast majority of the past 70 years in an iron lung and defied expectations by becoming a lawyer and author, died Monday afternoon at the age of 78, according to ...

The last man to live in an iron lung died in Dallas on Monday. Paul Alexander, 78, spent more than 70 years confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child in 1952. Despite the challenges, ...

In this photo from April 27, 2018, attorney Paul Alexander looks out from inside his iron lung at his home in Dallas. Alexander died Monday, March 11, 2024, at a Dallas hospital.(Smiley N. Pool / The ...