How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was?
I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school.
Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support.
I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.
Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.
I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.