Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.
This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.
How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was?
I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.
Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.
I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school.