Paul Alexander, the man who spent more than 70 years in an iron lung ventilator, died on Monday aged 78 after overcoming every adversity to live a life of staggering personal triumph and accomplishment.He qualified as a lawyer and lived a rich and varied life as an amateur painter, law teacher, published author and rights activist despite being bound to the machine that kept him alive for 72 years after contracting polio aged six in 1952.Among his many achievements, he graduated from law school and went on to represent clients in court, taught himself how to breathe by gulping down air to free himself from the confines of his iron lung - and even fell in love.
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