A six-year-old entered an iron lung after polio. More than 70 years later, he had become the world’s longest-known survivor

For many people, the iron lung belongs to history books, a symbol of the years when polio swept through communities before vaccines transformed public health. Rows of large metal cylinders once filled hospital wards, keeping patients alive when damaged muscles could no longer draw breath.

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