Reporter Drew Pearson tries out an Iron Lung while promoting the March of Dimes -- includes an interview with Betty Grant, a young mother who was a polio victim. The 1956 date is estimated by adding my wife, Kathy's age (then 2 years old) to her birth date. Kathy also contracted polio, but recovered with relatively little injury. Betty continued to need breathing equipment for the rest of her life. She went on to run a telephone answering service in Washington, DC, for 17 years, answering the phone by pressing buttons using her toes. Betty died in 1986 as a grandmother.
