Paul Alexander has lived in the chamber for 70 years, and he went on to become a lawyer and author.
Paul Alexander, a man who lived in an iron lung for most of his life, has died. He was 78. The cause of death for Alexander has not been revealed. Several weeks ago, his social media manager shared a video saying Alexander was taken to the hospital after contracting COVID-19, and he was later released. Alexander contracted polio at the age of 6 in the 1950s and was paralyzed from the neck down and had to live inside the chamber to help him breathe.
During Alexander's extraordinary life, he earned a law degree and became a published author, according to a GoFundMe page created to help finance his health care needs.FOX News noted that Guinness World Records recognized Alexander as the person who has spent the longest time living in an iron lung.The ventilator, a large yellow metal chamber, required Alexander to lie his entire body down inside with just his head exposed outside.
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