Surviving Ebola

By Mary Loftus

When medical missionary Dr. Kent Brantly emerged from the back of a Grady ambulance on Saturday afternoon, August 2, clad in a full-body protective suit and holding onto his EMS escort for support, he became the first Ebola patient to set foot on American soil. He walked slowly and steadily toward the back of Emory University Hospital, where the special isolation unit’s infectious disease team was awaiting his arrival. Outside, media satellite trucks lined Clifton Road, reporters were doing live feeds in front of the hospital, and television helicopters hovered overhead. Inside, however, the mood was calm and focused.

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