Polio survivor lived a life full of success and purpose despite odds

The last iron lung has passed

by Bethany Wagoner bwagoner@prairiepress.net
Posted 3/20/24

Paul Alexander became ill as a boy, his illness was not a common cold, a case of RSV or even as simple as a bout of chicken pox. Alexander was stricken with polio.

In 1952, the Dallas native …

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