Isn't this Cruel?

What sort of a life has this been? She should have allowed to die 58 years ago. Imagine for all these years the only view she has had was the yellow tube in which she was planted. Why?

I hope she is breathing a sigh of relief.

A Lifetime in an iron lung ends

Dianne Odell, 61, had been encased in the machine since she was 3. She died when a thunderstorm knocked out the power.