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Up to the point of Paul Alexander’s death on Monday, Kathy Gaines was by him nearly every step of the way. She was blind but was his ‘arms and legs’, while Polio Paul became her eyes

Paul Alexander — known around the world as Polio Paul — died on Monday after reportedly catching Covid-19 but his iron lung was his 'cocoon' that kept him alive for 70 years

Paul Alexanders, dubbed Polio Paul, was just eight when polio ravaged his body and left him near death before a doctor saved his life by putting him in an iron lung

Paul Alexander has spent over 70 defiant years in an iron lung after contracting polio in 1952, achieving remarkable feats despite complete paralysis and confinement

Crudely nicknamed 'Polio Paul,' Paul Alexander was crippled by polio at age six and spent the next seven decades living in an iron lung where he invented a new way to breathe - and got a dog as a reward

The Polio virus was found in sewage in London last summer. Parents are warned that the vaccine uptake in some parts of the country is too low and youngsters need protection from the virus which can cause paralysis

Paul Alexander contracted poliomyelitis when he was six years old, in 1952, but managed to study and become a practising lawyer and reach 76 years of age thanks to the iron lung in Dallas, Texas, US