My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.
People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me.
I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.
How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was?
A lot of my time was spent searching, thinking and planning my life.
Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.