Paul Alexander, ‘The Man in the Iron Lung,’ died on 11 March, 2024, aged 78 years.
He was infected with polio in 1952 at the age of six, which paralysed him from the neck down.
He thereafter, lived in a metal cylinder which helped him breathe.
He remained cheerful and tried to lead a normal life as much as possible.
In 1984, he graduated with a degree in law from the University of Texas, Austin, and was called to bar two years later.
He also earned an economics degree from Southern Methodist University.
In 2020, he published a memoir that took him eight years in writing, picking the letters in a computer with a stick in his mouth.
The North Texas man was a great inspiration to all persons with disability worldwide.
