Brryan Jackson was infected with HIV when he was just 11 months old. His father injected him with the virus so he didn't have to pay for child support.
Now 22, Brryan is alive, well and says his faith has allowed him to forgive his father.
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The father didn’t want to pay child support and thought the virus would kill Jackson when he was just 11 months old.
“Anyone in my condition would die in three months they gave me five,” Jackson told KTVI-TV.
He developed AIDS at the age of 5, but has survived the disease into his 20s.
Now 22, Jackson said he is not angry and has forgiven his father.
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ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – It was a story that made international headlines, a St. Louis area baby injected with the HIV tainted blood by his father who didn’t want to pay child support. More than 20 years later, Brryan Jackson is amazed by his health, but his positive spirit and faith.
Brryan’s story seemed unbelievable in 1992, when he was just 11 months old, his father, a hospital technician, injected him with HIV tainted blood.
The goal was to kill Brryan so he could avoid paying child support.
“Anyone in my condition would die in three months they gave me five,” said Brryan Jackson.
But Brryan has defied the odds, even after developing full blown aids at the age of five. The road to get where he is now has been bumpy. When he was a toddler the side effects of one of his many medications robbed him of 70 percent of his hearing.
Brryan also says the misinformation about his disease bred cruelty in the classroom.
But today at the age of 22, Brryan is not afraid and he’s not angry. He’s even forgiven his father who could be released from prison in just a few years.
“I think there is salvation for everyone, and I find myself praying for my father’s salvation.”
Brryan credits his Christian faith for his positive attitude, and since his early teens, he has used his diagnosis to reach out to others; especially to children.
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