The Breath-defying Jazz Singer

Listening to Alex Pangman warble breathy old standards, it’s impossible to believe she was born with cystic fibrosis. Clogging her lungs with thick mucus, the genetic disease reduced her lung capacity to 27% and made it tough to even stand in high heels. Since a successful double lung transplant, the songbird is back on stage and is now singing the praises of organ and tissue donation.