# @dailymail on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C4dRbtSMr5I
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19691093-dailymail-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/2c9723d903.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-03-13T14:14:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Daily Mail (@dailymail) — https://gondola.cc/dailymail

## Caption

Paul Alexander, the man who lived in an iron lung for more than 70 years, has died at the age of 78. Alexander spent an extraordinary lifetime in the iron lung machine after contracting polio in 1952, aged six, which left him paralyzed from the neck down.

#ironlung #paulalexander #rip #tragic #polio #texas

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- **Views:** 35,135
- **Likes:** 1,711
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- **Comments:** 51

## Tags

ironlung, rip, texas, paulalexander, tragic, polio

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