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Naomi Wu Makes Iron Lung Collars for Martha Lillard

Naomi Wu · 9 min · 2019 · YouTube title: Project "Iron Auntie" Success! Helping one of the last polio survivors in an iron lung.
Why it's here

HN cites it as a concrete example of a maker helping save someone's life, and as evidence of Wu's work when she was omitted from press coverage.

What it covers

Naomi Wu documents her project helping Martha Lillard, one of the last polio survivors living in an iron lung, by fabricating replacement neck collars in Shenzhen. She reports the collars worked.