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A) Mmmhmm, and Mommy and Jayda…..I liked
when he played basketball with that guy.
Q) Oh, you mean with Michael Jordan? Do you
know the name of that song?
A) Nope.

tour program. Towards the end of the concert, during the song “Heal the World”, Michael went to Daniele who was sitting in a chair unable to walk due to
weakness caused by his illness, knelt before him
and filled his hands with kisses. Then he picked him
up and walked to center stage posing for several
photos.
After this experience Daniele health has noticeably
improved so fast that the doctors called it “a miracle”. It was as if Michael had given him a few years
of life. Daniele started to walk again — sometimes
even running — eating better (gaining weight), but
most importantly of all, he gained self confidence to
keep
fighting
and
keep
going.

What about this girl that thanks to a Michael Jackson
project, a simple shoes distribution in the Dominican
Republic school she found the forza to realize her
dreams to overcome poverty. http://
www.semissourian.com/story/1748399.html
Another story that warm your heart is Daniele Parisi,
a boy from Italy diagnosed with AIDS at aged 8.
The virus was transmitted from his biological mother,
HIV-positive. Daniele was a big fan of Michael Jackson and in 1997, when he was 14 he had the opportunity to attend a concert of the HIStory World Tour
in Milan on June 18. On the same day, he and his
mother entered Michael’s dressing room, where the
star gave him kisses and hugs and thanked for the
gifts they brought. Daniele and his adoptive mother
attended
the
concert from
one side
of
the
stage,
along with
Debbie
Rowe and
Luciano
Pavarotti.
During the
PHOTO CREDIT
concert, an MJ
team member gave Daniele a gift bag including the

Unfortunately,
Daniele
died two
years
later
from a
brain
infection
due to a
flu. The
PHOTO CREDIT
wonderful
memories of
Michael, along with the loving care of his mother,
gave him the strength to keep fighting until the end.
Here is what Antonietta Parisi, the adoptive mother
of Daniele, wrote after the ruling of the 2005 trial:
Dearest Michael,
I’ll never forget what you did for my son, Daniele.
After meeting you, the doctors called it a miracle,
because for some months it was like he never had
AIDS.
Now that justice has been served, I just wanted to
express my gratitude and my happiness. Please,
don’t ever let people get at you like that again. I
know you are a kindhearted and want to help everyone, but not all people deserve so much attention.
My child is not here with us anymore, but I know that
from up there he’s always looking over you. He’s
never forgotten what you did for him.
God bless you,
Antonietta (Italy)
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