Michael Jackson visits Russian Orphanage - 1993

September 15, 1993 Michael Jackson visits a hospital for disadvantaged children in Moscow, Russia. There he pays for one child to be flown to America for specialist care and treatment. Michael spends hours meeting the children, hugging some and sitting others on his lap, comforting and chatting with them. He also visits a nearby orphanage, where children sing a song to him in Russian, turning him – the ultimate performer, into an attentive spectator. For more on Michael’s humanitarian efforts, go to