![“At [the Neverland Ranch,] all the rides were wheelchair modified. [Michael] had extra cages built so that arms couldn’t flop out, or hair couldn’t flop out and get caught — he was concerned about the safety. And, the guys who ran the rides, they went to Kansas city every six months to take courses on how to extricate physically challenged children. All those bases were covered. And, in the movie theater, [Michael] had hospital beds built into the walls so that critically ill children could lay in bed and watch movies… He thought of everything… People [who reach Michael’s level of fame and wealth] — the tendency is for them to isolate themselves from the unpleasant parts of life — people who are poor, people who are downtrodden — they isolate themselves from it so they don’t have to see it — Michael saw it EVERY day… The first concert [I went to with Michael in the 80’s] he arrived about an hour before the show was due to start… [and disappeared] right away behind a screen [at the back of the stage.]… He went in there to see Make a Wish Foundation children — these are children that are dying, they’re on respirators and they have their parents with them… He would go straight from there, he would say a prayer and then directly on stage. I asked him afterwards, “Michael, how can you do that? How can you spend the time with these children that are dying and then go on stage and give that kind of performance?” And he said, “How can I not?” He said, “If these children want to see me, I know I’m not important, but Michael Jackson the superstar is and, if I can make a child live an extra week or a month, wouldn’t that be worth it?” And he was always that way. If he got a call to say a child was dying, he would get on a plane and go. And he would always leave something with them. He’d tell them “I’m going to be back in a few weeks to see you.” A lot of times he extended little kids’ lives that way, because it gave them something to look forward to down the line. You have to admire something like that, my Lord!”
— David Nordahl](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6dyd7UFXs1qg4hbbo1_1280.jpg)
“At [the Neverland Ranch,] all the rides were wheelchair modified. [Michael] had extra cages built so that arms couldn’t flop out, or hair couldn’t flop out and get caught — he was concerned about the safety. And, the guys who ran the rides, they went to Kansas city every six months to take courses on how to extricate physically challenged children. All those bases were covered. And, in the movie theater, [Michael] had hospital beds built into the walls so that critically ill children could lay in bed and watch movies… He thought of everything… People [who reach Michael’s level of fame and wealth] — the tendency is for them to isolate themselves from the unpleasant parts of life — people who are poor, people who are downtrodden — they isolate themselves from it so they don’t have to see it — Michael saw it EVERY day… The first concert [I went to with Michael in the 80’s] he arrived about an hour before the show was due to start… [and disappeared] right away behind a screen [at the back of the stage.]… He went in there to see Make a Wish Foundation children — these are children that are dying, they’re on respirators and they have their parents with them… He would go straight from there, he would say a prayer and then directly on stage. I asked him afterwards, “Michael, how can you do that? How can you spend the time with these children that are dying and then go on stage and give that kind of performance?” And he said, “How can I not?” He said, “If these children want to see me, I know I’m not important, but Michael Jackson the superstar is and, if I can make a child live an extra week or a month, wouldn’t that be worth it?” And he was always that way. If he got a call to say a child was dying, he would get on a plane and go. And he would always leave something with them. He’d tell them “I’m going to be back in a few weeks to see you.” A lot of times he extended little kids’ lives that way, because it gave them something to look forward to down the line. You have to admire something like that, my Lord!”
— David Nordahl
