Hospitalized two days later, given fluids and treated with an experimental drug. Some have questioned whether that delay cost him his life. But today his girlfriend said, his suffering is over, my family is deep in sadness and grief, but we leave him in the hands of god. The sheriffs deputy in Dallas County who went into duncans apartment is hospitalized as well tonight. That deputy felt sick days after he had contact with duncans family members and ordered them to be quarantined. Hes being treated as a precaution. Also tonight an nbc news freelance cameraman being treated for ebola received a transfusion from survivor kent brantly. Its believed antibodies might help in ashoka mukpos recovery. Starting saturday, five International Airports in the u. S. Will add an extra level of screening. Newark, jfk, dulles, ohare and atlanta temperatures will have to have their temperature taken before they can leave those airports. The best and brightest who know everything you could ever want to k
Reporter shirleen and brian, Thomas Duncans death is raising questions about the timely necessary of his care. Lets look at that firsthand, so we can understand where the family is coming from. Duncan first entered the hospital, he was sent home, that was september 25th. He returned and was finally admitted on september 28th. The the familiar willly is outraged and is asking, what if those three days, had in the been lost. In the meantime, more precautions are coming tonight from our government. There is now april order for five different airports to do additional screenings of travelers, entering the states from west africa. You can see these airports on screen and map. Between these five airports they handle 94 percent of the air travel coming from west africa into the states. Meanwhile all this is happening at texas, keeps its eye on the new possible case of ebola. The the person who became the the face of ebola in america, died today. Thomas duncan was receiving treatment at Texas
Threats against the penn ridge School District. The post read hi, guys im not at school any more, ha im bringing a gun through tomorrow so watch out follow up message read or how about a bomb . Parents saw the chatter and began contacting authorities and the school who added security woods mother contacted police when he told her about the fire storm he describe. Yik yak is a cross between snap chat and twitter posts can be seen by users within a 5mile radius and can remain anonymous. Kids, teens, people in high school, middle school, even lower school, they dont realize the what had happen. Its not anonymous. Tuesday Widener University and chester was on high alert after freshman took to yik yak posting anonymous message saying he was going to shoot up the campus for being bullied and reference the columbine. Louis andres vella of low high, new jersey was arrested at his dorm room after police traced ip address to his computer. Social media doesnt disappear. And so they might be think
And new tonight, a teenager is under arrest accused of posting a School Threat on social media. Good evening to you, im jessica dean. Im chris may. That threat went out on an app called yik yak and it did not take long for it to get noticed. A former penn Ridge High School student is facing charges to night, and is our diane in rocco tells us alert parents tipped off police. Reporter 19 year old eric wood the latest to be charged with making ferris threats over a social media site caught called yik yak. Are you home . We just want tosca few questions. He didnt answer outside his sell verseville home tuesday but police say he claims he was just answering a dare when he posted threats against the penn ridge School District. The post read hi, guys im not at school any more, ha im bringing a gun through tomorrow so watch out follow up message read or how about a bomb . Parents saw the chatter and began contacting authorities and the school who added security woods mother contacted police w
And then he returned three days later and his symptoms having become much worse. Today, Thomas Duncan died, from the ebola virus. That same happies waiting for test results to see if a sheriffs deputy who arrived by ambulance today and says he was in duncans apartment has the the virus as well. It is wednesday night, and the big story on action news tonight is the ebola out break, and its involving impact in the united states. Did the the decision to let duncan first leave Texas Health Presbyterian hospital in dallas allow the ebola virus to escape containment . That is one of many questions out there tonight, for which there are no obvious answers, and action News Reporter Sharrie Williams is at the the action news big board tonight, sharrie. Reporter jim, you are right about the questions that are lingering. Thomas duncans death is raising those questions now about the timeliness of his care. Lets take a look at what we do know about that. We know he went to the hospital and was sent