1990s. In this exclusive raw footage Geraldo Rivera goes into an abandoned building with a representative of the Adapt program to see the sort of folks they hope to rehabilitate.
“These people, the people I have in the program, actually were in these situations really living horrible lives and they’re leading productive lives right now…”
After a couple minutes seeing how junkies live, we step into the hallway and learn that out of an estimated 250,000 heroin junkies in New York City up to 80% have the AIDS virus and are transmitting it. While the cases shown in this video may seem hopeless organizations like Adapt do not see it that way.
The Adapt organization exists in 2026 as ‘ADAPT Community Network’.
This exclusive ‘B-Roll’ footage courtesy of Geraldo’s television history.