CLOSER LOOK: YEAR IN REVIEW: PART III OF IV

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Event Date(s): 12/25/1991 | Event Location(s): Palm Beach;New York City;Bangor;Portland;Columbiana;Inglewood;Lansing;Florida;Maine;Oregon;Ohio;California;Michigan | Description: CLOSER LOOK: YEAR IN REVIEW: PART III OF IV ON 2-21-91 IN TWO-WAY REMOTE WITH DANIELS IN STUDIO; AIDS VICTIM BERGALIS AT WPTV STUDIO IN PALM BEACH RECALLS THE CDC NEVER CONTACTED HER SO SHE WASN'T 100 PERCENT SURE SHE WAS THE UNNAMED WOMAN THE MEDIA HAD REPORTED WAS INFECTED BY HER DENTIST; & SAYS SHE WAITED A FEW MONTHS BEFORE COMING FORWARD. IN INTERVIEW WOMAN SAYS PEOPLE WITH AIDS CAN STILL LOOK NORMAL & HEALTHY BUT ADDS YET IT HAS TOUCHED OUR LIVES. ON 11-30 IN BANGOR; MAINE; TIMOTHY DANNEMILLER (HIV POSITIVE) CARRIES BOXES OF BELONGINGS FROM HOME. IN PORTLAND 6-YR-OLD AUTUMN DANNEMILLER (ALSO HIV POSITIVE) PLAYS ON SWING & RUNS ACROSS PLAYGROUND WITH ANOTHER GIRL. MOTHER TERRY DANNEMILLER (ALSO HIV POSITIVE) SEEN ADDRESSING PARENTS MEETING. CRYING WOMAN IN AUDIENCE APPLAUDS. TERRY SHAKES HANDS WITH WOMAN ACROSS TABLE. IN INTERVIEW AUTUMN AGREES SOME PEOPLE THINK SHES DIFFERENT BUT SAYS THEY'RE WRONG. ON 12-3 IN STUDIO INTERVIEW WITH DANIELS AUTUMN AGREES SHE HAS A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO KNOW SHE IS HIV POSITIVE AS MOTHER TERRY & SISTER JEANNETTE LOOK ON. TERRY RESPONDS SHE IS VERY TIRED TAKING CARE OF HER FAMILY BUT SAYS SHE IS TOO STRONG TO GIVE UP. ON 3-7-91 IN TWO-WAY REMOTE WITH DANIELS IN STUDIO; MONTEFIORE MEDIAL CENTERS DR KAREN HEIN (VOTED IN FAVOR OF CONDOM DISTRIBUTION IN SCHOOLS) SAYS ADOLESCENTS ARE LEADING THE WAY FOR THE NEXT WAVE OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC; & WARNS THE EPIDEMIC IS SPREADING QUICKLY & SILENTLY. IN COLUMBIANA; OHIO; ON 3-6 18-YR-OLD KRISTA BLAKE WALKS OUTDOORS WITH FRIEND AS IN VO & OUTDOOR INTERVIEW SHE NOTES HER FIRST REACTION TO BEING HIV POSITIVE WAS THAT SHE WANTED TO TRAVEL; & SAYS HER SECOND REACTION WAS TO WONDER IF SHE WAS EVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE KIDS; ADDING THAT SHE DIDN'T CRY UNTIL LATER. HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WALK OUTDOORS; & KRISTA TALKS WITH FRIEND & WAVES (SEVERSON HEARD IN VO). KRISTA SAYS WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU THEY LOVE YOU YOU DON'T THINK THEY'LL DO ANYTHING TO HURT YOU. IN INDOOR INTERVIEW KRISTA'S FATHER DAN BLAKE SAYS HE CANT BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED TO HIS DAUGHTER IN THEIR NICE; SMALL TOWN. CLIP OF ACTOR BRAD DAVIS IN MOVIE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS SEEN. CLOSEUP OF LOS ANGELES TIMES ARTICLE ON BRAD DAVIS HIGHLIGHTING QUOTE FROM DAVIS CHARGING THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY WITH HAVING A DOUBLE STANDARD ON AIDS SEEN. ON 9-16-91 IN STUDIO INTERVIEW WITH DANIELS; ACTOR MICHAEL KEARNS SAYS HE WAS SO MOVED BY DAVIS DEATH THAT HE HAS DECIDED TO GO PUBLIC WITH THE FACT THAT HE IS HIV POSITIVE; SAYS HIS HIV STATUS SHOULD BE IMMATERIAL TO HIS SUCCESS AS AN ACTOR; & NOTES FOR 15 YEARS HE HAS FOUGHT AS AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR & WILL NOW FIGHT AS AN OPENLY HIV POSITIVE ACTOR. ON 11-7 AT THE GREAT WESTERN FORUM IN INGLEWOOD BASKETBALL STAR MAGIC JOHNSON SAYS AIDS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE & SAYS BECAUSE OF THE HIV VIRUS HE WILL HAVE TO RETIRE FROM THE LAKERS. CLIPS OF LAKERS JOHNSON SCORING IN DIFFERENT GAMES SEEN. ON 11-7 IN INTERVIEW MAGICS FORMER COACH PAT RILEY SAYS WHAT MAGIC NEEDS IS THEIR SUPPORT & LOVE. ON 11-8 IN INTERVIEW FROM LANDSING; JOHNSON'S HIGH SCHOOL COACH GEORGE FOX SAYS THEY HAVE TO ALL FIGHT AIDS TOGETHER. TA Producers: NBC