Ryan White's mom recalls time with MJ

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - In the late 80s, Michael Jackson befriended Central Indiana AIDS victim Ryan White . In the time since Ryan's death, his mother, Jeanne White-Ginder, said she stayed in touch with the King of Pop.

Ginder talked with visitors to the Indianapolis Children's Museum about Michael Jackson Tuesday. She was stunned in the late 80s when Jackson contacted her son, Ryan.

Ginder said Jackson felt sorry for the teen who was shunned after contracting AIDS through a blood transfusion. Ultimately, Ryan White became the national poster child for the disease.

In 1990, it was Jackson who accompanied the White family to Ryan's funeral.

But people came to question Jackson after he was charged with child molestation. Ginder agreed to testify on Jackson's behalf, but was never called to the stand. Jackson was eventually acquitted.

"It hurts when I hear the things that's been said. But I have to go with my heart and what I know, from my heart, that I believe is true," she said.

Ginder admits, however, she always chaperoned Ryan during his many visits to the Neverland Ranch.

Even after Ryan's death, Ginder said she and her family spent several vacations with Jackson.

"A couple of years ago he called me and he said him and his mom had been talking and he said, 'I just thought I'd call you and tell you Happy Mother's Day.' And you know, people don't know those kinds of moments from Michael," said Ginder.

Jackson wrote a poem, song and produced a video about Ryan called " Gone to Soon ." They hold even more special meaning now.

The work showed that Michael did not ever plan on forgetting Ryan and now we plan on never forgetting Michael.