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April 24, 2024

Nancy Writebol, who spent weeks in isolation after contracting the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia, looks to her husband, David, during a news conference Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014 in Charlotte, N.C. This is the first time that the Charlotte woman, who was recently released from an Atlanta hospital, has spoken publicly about her experience. She and her husband, both missionaries, had been in Liberia for a year working in a clinic when she contracted the disease.

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Nancy Writebol, who spent weeks in isolation after contracting the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia, looks to her husband, David, during a news conference Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014 in Charlotte, N.C. This is the first time that the Charlotte woman, who was recently released from an Atlanta hospital, has spoken publicly about her experience. She and her husband, both missionaries, had been in Liberia for a year working in a clinic when she contracted the disease.