Woman dies after life spent in iron lung

AP ^ | May 28, 2008 | AP

[Westlander]

For almost 60 years, Dianne Odell lived inside a 7-foot-long metal tube, unable to breathe outside it but determined not to let it destroy her spirit.

Odell, 61, died Wednesday when a power failure shut off electricity to the tube and stopped the pump drawing air into her lungs.

[Niteranger68]

Every time you say “they shoulda” and I say “they did,” you raise the bar.

There's no "every time" to it. Prove to me they had a dual system. Odds are highly against it just by the result. My point all along was that they needed a UPS along with a generator. What can I say? You have the same benefit of hindsight as I do but you still don't see a problem. Wouldn't you have setup reliable redundancy if it were your wife or mother? I bet you would.

If we continue, you’ll be saying they shoulda had their own, dedicated hydroelectric plant with nuclear power backup.

If I could, I would do it for my loved ones.