Thomas Eric Duncan’s dying wish was to see his son. That desire were the last words spoken by the first Ebola victim to die on American soil. And it was a desperate hope he did not live to fulfill.
This tragic revelation has been shared now by Wilshire Baptist Church Senior Pastor George Mason.
Mason was speaking at a prayer service on Wednesday evening - planned as a vigil of hope but transformed into one of remembrance by Mr Duncan’s passing at 7.51 this morning.
Pastor Mason led prayers for the congregation that included community leaders and a small number of friends and family of Mr Duncan.
Also, a Dallas County sheriff's deputy remains hospitalized today with Ebola symptoms, more than a week after he went unprotected into the apartment of 'patient zero' Thomas Duncan.
Sgt Michael Monnig went on Wednesday to an urgent-care facility in Frisco, Texas with his wife, after complaining of stomach problems.
The deputy presented at the clinic a week after he visited the Dallas home where Duncan was staying when he developed Ebola symptoms. Sgt Monnig was at the home to deliver a quarantine order to family members.
Neither Sgt Monnig, nor the other two health officials, Zachary Thompson and Christopher Perkins with him, were wearing protective clothing or masks despite being in the apartment as cleaning crews were going about their work in full protective gear.
Sgt Monning was given an Ebola test at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, though results usually take 48 hours and aren't due back until Friday night.
Sad, may his soul rest in peace.
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