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Could you imagine what it would be like to live your

entire life confined in a mechanical box, one that's just big enough to fit your body into? What if

you couldn't move, eat, or even breathe without it? Sounds like a waking nightmare, right? Well,

for Paul Richard Alexander, this wasn't a bad dream, but the stark

reality of his life. From 1952, Paul spent every waking moment trapped inside a machine

until his death in 2024. But how could this possibly happen? Well, to find out, let's take

a look at the life of a man who was locked

in a machine more than 70 years.

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. You're

be amazed.

To understand Paul's predicament, first we need to understand polio, the virus that Paul

contracted at the age of just six. Polio, short for polio myelitis, is a life-threatening

disease that can infect a person's spinal cord. In severe cases, this causes paralysis,

where sufferers can't move parts of their body and become incredibly weak.

This terrifying condition affects about one in every 200 sufferers, leaving many with progressive

muscle weakness, irreversibly withered limbs, and joint deformities. Scary as it sounds, these people

are the lucky ones. As paralysis, this extreme can affect muscles

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