Newswatch 16's Courtney Harrison spoke to the creators of the movie and a polio survivor about what it means.
spent the day interviewing polio survivors, retired nurses and doctors, and others for a documentary. The film focuses on polio and the effects it had on people in Lackawanna County.
Fred Garvey taught at Dunmore for more than 30 years, but before that, he contracted polio in 1953 when he was just 6 years old. He shares his story about what he went through because doctors didn't think he'd ever walk again. He was able to survive and thrive, unlike many others who contracted the disease.
Students did a lot of research on polio before they started production on the documentary and now have a better understanding of how polio affected so many people in our area.
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