The girl who changed Magic Johnson
Hydeia Broadbent, in blue dress, sits next to Magic Johnson in a TV special for Nickelodeon 20 years ago.
Hydeia Broadbent was 7 when she had her Magic moment.
She was the tiny grade-schooler. He was one of the world's greatest basketball players.
As she cried, Magic
Johnson reached his giant right hand out and placed it on her shoulder.
Neither knew what their futures held, but they had one thing in common
bigger than both of them: They were HIV-positive.
"I want people to know," Hydeia said, sniffling, "that we're just normal people.""Aww, you don't have to cry," Johnson replied, "because we are normal people. OK? We are."
Twenty years after their first encounter, both continue
to be pivotal voices for those with HIV: he the superstar who tested
HIV-positive after having unprotected sex; she the innocent child
infected with AIDS by a drug-using mom.
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