his family. adults and five children potentially exposed. their schools alerted, even scrubbed down. neighbors here worried. i am scared because there s a lot of children out here and a lot of us, this is something new to us. it s something scary that i never thought would come here in the united states. reporter: some schools sent letters to parents alerting them of the situation. in a sign of just how nervous some parents are, some parents plan to pull their children out of school altogether temporarily. dallas county health officials telling me they d not be surprised if another ebola patient comes forward. cecilia vega, abc news, dallas. this is scary. we ve been watching this from afar. those numbers keep going up and up. this thing is not contained. 7,000 cases. 3,300 dead at least. now you re talking about this in the united states. and hearing that children were exposed to this and then went to school. they tell us you aren t contagious unless you have symptoms, but that
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i m devin dwyer. a lot of news to get to this morning. starting off with this ebola scare that s now coming to the u.s. here. a new report out overnight finds 826 people have died from the virus now. and there s been a surge in cases in liberia and sierra leone. and the american doctor suffering from ebola is now being treated at an atlanta hospital. his fellow missionary is expected to arrive tomorrow. here s abc s dr. richard besser. reporter: the only ebola patient ever on american soil waits to see if his body will fight off the deadly virus. dr. kent brantly in this biocontainment suit stepped off the ambulance under his own power. much to everyone s surprise. to see him walk, which hadn t even occurred to me, was just unbelievable. reporter: brantly has also seen and spoken to his wife, using a phone through a plate glass window. in the process of designing this unit, allowed for a lot of face-to-face contact through a plate glass window, together with a communication