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The worst part is that if you're stuck in that situation and want to get out of it via suicide, you literally can't. Now he's finally free.
He was able to leave the contraption for short periods of time. He was able to breathe on his own, but not well and would become fatigued quickly. He wasn't as stuck as it seems.
Didn't he choose this? There are modern replacements for the iron lung, when he was still able enough to get out of it he could've switched I think.