Living with an iron lung !

People with breathing problem usually takes the help of oxygen. Now, here is the case of a lawyer named Paul Alexander who has been living for 72 years with an iron lung ! Unbelievable isn't it ?

The fact is that when he was only 6 years old  he was paralyzed by polio. He was forced to live with an iron lung that however kept him alive.

 He was not expected to live long.

Strangely Alexander did not stop. With his unusual lung he went on with his studies. After getting his degree in law he practiced for 30 years. He had to use the machine everyday throughout his life.

He died at the age of 78 this Monday.