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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Ms. Mason Spent 60 Years Of Her Life In An Iron Lung

Ms. Mason died on Monday at her home in Lattimore, N.C. She was 71 and had lived for more than 60 years in an iron lung.Paralyzed from the neck down as a result of childhood polio, Ms. Mason was one of the last handful of Americans, perhaps 30 people, who live full time in iron lungs. There is no documented case of any American’s having done so for quite as long as she.From her horizontal world —
5 Pencilequippe: Ms. Mason Spent 60 Years Of Her Life In An Iron Lung Ms. Mason died on Monday at her home in Lattimore, N.C. She was 71 and had lived for more than 60 years in an iron lung.Paralyzed from the n...

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