Robert: In Our Own Words
When I was seven months old, my Mother and Daddy noticed my runny nose and how much I was falling when I was trying to hold onto furniture and pull myself up. By the time the tests were completed, I couldn’t stand at all.
Case in Point: John Nanni Is a Living Object Lesson for Polio Vaccination (Video)
John Nanni, as most people who contract polio do, got it as a baby, just one year before the vaccine became widely available.
This Polio Survivor Travels The World Vaccinating Children (Video)
Ann Lee Hussey is a polio survivor and a veterinary technician who travels the world leading other volunteers on trips to vaccinate children against polio.
Ina Pinkney Shares Her Incredible Polio Story (Video)
Ina Pinkney was infected in 1944, during World War II, more than a decade before the Salk Vaccine became available, stemming the annual summer epidemics that paralyzed communities almost like it paralyzed children.