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America's last iron lungs
Paul Alexander, 70, of Dallas, is one of just a handful of people around the world who still relies on an iron lung to help him breathe
Manufacturing ceased in the 1960s and now polio survivors such as Alexander are forced to rely on car mechanics and engineers to fix the life-saving device
Alexander spends almost every moment in the device after contracting polio as a five-year-old in 1952
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