A polio survivor who spent more than seven decades living inside an iron long has died at 78.
Paul Alexander, widely known as “Polio Paul,” passed away Monday in Texas, according to Christopher Ulmer, the organizer of his official GoFundMe account.
“Paul, you will be missed but always remembered,” Ulmer wrote. “Thanks for sharing your story with us.”
Alexander, who was paralyzed by polio as a child, was widely revered as an inspirational figure, obtaining a law degree and starting his own legal practice, defying doctor’s expectations.
In 2020, he published his memoir, “Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung,” which took five years to complete, given that he wrote the manuscript while confined to the cumbersome contraption.
Alexander used a pen attached to a stick held in his mouth to write every word of the tome.
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