Dr. Kent Brantly was working in West Africa helping treat patients with Ebola, when he got infected with the disease himself. He worked specifically in a hospital in Liberia with another American aid worker, Nancy Writebol, who also got infected. Dr. Brantly was arrived in Atlanta in a "private air ambulance specially equipped to isolate patients with infectious diseases". He was then taken in an ambulance to Emory University Hospital where he will be treated. He is believed to be the first person with Ebola to be treated in the United States. Ms. Writebol is supposed to arrive in a few days to also get treatment at Emory. Samaritan's Purse paid for the expenses of bringing the workers to Atlanta. The patients were brought there because Emory believes that "they deserve to have the highest level of care offered for their treatment".
Alan Blinder and Denise Grady, the authors of this article, are very straight forward. The article is very informative and relatively fast paced. They just go through stating fact after fact about what happened. They did seem to interview people around the area, asking what they thought about patients with Ebola being brought to Emory. The opinions they showed made it seem as if the residents around the area are confident in Emory not letting the disease spread, and even seem used to having dangerous diseases around. The article seemed packed with information that was given to the reader very quickly. They just wanted to tell what was happening and how people seemed to feel about it and that's all. They did not question the situation or even give details about other doctors in West Africa that might also be infected. It did not give the other side that is that some people might not like the idea of the patients being treated at Emory. This gave the impression that they were only telling one side of the story.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/us/kent-brantley-nancy-writebol-ebola-treatment-atlanta.html
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