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packman

(16,296 posts) Sat Nov 6, 2021, 11:28 AM Nov 2021

70 yrs. in an iron lung

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/texas-man-lives-70-years-in-an-iron-lung-i-never-gave-up-180979008/

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70 yrs. in an iron lung (Original Post) packman Nov 2021 OP

I would love to show this SCantiGOP Nov 2021 #1

This is truly amazing malaise Nov 2021 #4

K&R SMC22307 Nov 2021 #2

My late father was crippled in his left leg OneCrazyDiamond Nov 2021 #3

SCantiGOP

(13,873 posts)

1. I would love to show this

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sat Nov 6, 2021, 11:45 AM

Nov 2021

to every damn weakling who says they can’t breathe in a mask.

malaise

(269,174 posts)

4. This is truly amazing

Reply to SCantiGOP (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 6, 2021, 11:53 AM

Nov 2021

Rec

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)

2. K&R

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sat Nov 6, 2021, 11:47 AM

Nov 2021

OneCrazyDiamond

(2,032 posts)

3. My late father was crippled in his left leg

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sat Nov 6, 2021, 11:48 AM

Nov 2021

from polio. He refused walking aids until very late in his life. He fought the school board and won the right to be in regular classes. He ended up an engineer with Lockheed working on the space shuttle.

I think polio made him work harder to pursue his goals.

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