a mysterious new deseechls all five of them eventually died and all they had in common was a trashed immune system. they didn't know each other. they had no apparent connection. we now know they had aids. since then it's killed nearly 30 million people. 34 million more are living with hiv. that's the virus that causes aids. more than a million of them are in this country alone. this week i was part of an event to raise awareness and try to bretter fight back against hiv and aids. the beginning of the end of aids. i like the way that sounds. i like the way that sounds when i first heard it. i like the way that while some problems in d.c. seem too big, too difficult, this dev stating disease, we can tackle. we can put hiv/aids on the run, so to speak. the beginning of end of the aids is something that allows us to stand at that most perfect union of audacity. thing of what is audacious, that intersection, that's where we want to be. the organization's one and red have laid out three major goals to hit by 20015 and they're pretty ambitious. in um beer one, eliminate mot r mother-to-child transmission. number two, have 15 mill people treated by 2015. number three, keep coming up with new ways to stop spreading the infection. there's no doubt we're in a lot better shape than we were 30 years ago. we know what causes aids and we have medicines to treat it. i've been told and shown over and over again, do not be fooled. yet still every day people are infected with hiv. in 250u 11, one of the even scepters in the aids epidemics right here in the united states, it still feels like 1981. for the last 18 years, angel vuchetich has walked through these doors in atlanta. >> this whole building is more like a day hospital. we have five main clinics, nine subspecialty clinics. all the aids organizations are on site for support. >> it started as a small infectious disease clinic on the grounds of grady memorial hospital. 25 years ago when angelle was responsible. >> we were operate 24g hour as pay. >> every patient's you took care of tied. >> every patient died. >> what was it like for emotion algly for you. >> the fact that people were dying did not scare me. the thing that was a challenge i was told i couldn't get anybody to work with me. >> because at that time dook tors didn't know how the disease was spreading. there was a lot of fear. >> whau about other doctors or newses in the hospital? how did they treat you? >> i was the aids nurse. most of them didn't. >> they wouldn't hang around you? >> it was a pretty lonely existence. >> what is this area right now where we're standing? >> well, this is treatment and holding. we do infusions here. we're tremendously growing. >> this is the infusion center. they see about 300 patient as month here. about 60 of those are going to neat hospitalization. vuchetich says the faces of aids have shifted dramatically from white gay to young gay african-american men. >> who are coming in here with advanced disease and t-cells less than 25. they have all these infections that a lot of the medical community in the united states as well as the population believes that aids is all over in africa and we're seeing here in the southeast that to me looks exactly like 1989. >> that was the year fred ricks harris was diagnosed. >> i thought my life was over, you know. at the time i was a drug user also. back then, you know, they didn't really give you much time with it. >> the 49 is heterosexual. he and his ex-wife who is also positive have a 16-year-old daughter. she's negative. harris used to take 20 pills a day, now he takes four. he gets regular three thf month checkups at potts. >> what's so significant about this that's so important to you? >> the nurses and the doctors really seem concerned. they have a lot of programs to help you, you know, with food and housing and all kinds of things. you know, this place gives you practically everything that you'll need. >> angelle calls it a medical hope. one-stop shopping. her days are filled with rounds and patient care. >> what is the biggest change since '81 when we first diagnosed this disease in this country? >> the biggest disease is this is not an illness that should cause someone to die. >> gary is a 36-year-old man with full-blown aids. he doesn't want his identity revealed because he hasn't told his familiaritily. he was diagnosed three years ago at grady. his t-cell count was 20. >> people see me in a whole different light because i'm positive but i had to get my personal feelings out of the way because i know i needed help. >> harry has a number of health problems. >> it makes me feel good that i can open up and talk to my doctor about stuff that's going on in my life and he's able to offer not only medicine but advice and get comfort. >> what is the hardest part of this job for you? >> there are 20-year-olds coming in with advanced end-stage disease. that's a quit desparing when i know that should. be happening. >> but it is happening on five floors of this carolina em. angelle has witnessed 25 years of death, of suffering. it's taken its toll. although she hasn't given up hope, she doesn't see an end in sight. >> how long will you do this job? >> i don't know. i'm not certain about that. >> for now, she's committed to the next generation of nurses. you know, one man's story is giving many hope in the aids community and researchers as well. in 2008 he was known slim as the berlin paetsch emts whose hiv appeared to have been cured after undergoing cancer therapy. he revealed his identity and is speaking out as an advocate to try to find a cure for aids for everyone and he joins me now from new york. first of all, thank you very much for joining us, timothy. as i said, i think you -- it's a remarkable story. you were living in the german capital in 1995. you were diagnosed with hiv. you began taking antiretro viral drugs a that time to keep the virus in check at that time and in 2006 you were told you had leukemia, a blood cancer. you had khemo. tell us what happened next? >> i got myself a transplant. there were 233 donors which is a huge number of donors for a transplant because it goes to a world bank to look for donors. some people don't even have any donors. >> they're trying to find a donor for your leukemia. just to back up for your a second here, timothy, they also want to find a donor who might have a mutation that was protective against hiv. a lot of people don't realize that there is such a thing, but that's what he was trying to do was essentially find you bone mary rowe that would treat your cancer and your hiv, is that it right. >> that's correct. >> it was already compromised. what did it feel like? what did you have to go through? >> i had to have another round of chemotherapy and also a full body radiation treatment. >> so you had been irradiated, you received more cheemo. at what point did they come to you and say, look, this transplant worked as far as your kimmo goes. was there a point where they said, timothy, good news, we've had success here. >> they did feel that it was successful because my system had been replaced by the donor's system and was able to go to gym and work out and get in shape. >> this virus can hide. sometimes you don't know it's hiding. in your case they looked for it, they can't find it. your immune system is working. >> right. >> what does this mean, timothy, for the rest of the people who are living with this disease who hear this story and are inspire. what does this mean for them? >> it means that this is a case in point that the disease can be cured. i don't wish what i went through on my worst enemy, and i -- i'm hoping that it can be done in a more simple way that can be -- that can be translated to treat a cure for the entire world, all people that have hiv. >> so many scientists and doctors are still learning, as you know. we don't have a cure that's applicable. >> right. >> -- at large, but, again, i've about been wanting to talk with you for some time. ing that you for making time for us. hopefully science will move forward, in part, because of your inspiration timothy. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. up next, as a parent, you i want want to miss this. fast food play areas, a breeding ground for bacterias like ones you wouldn't believe until you see this. stay with us. progresso. it fits! fantastic! 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