Posted on 10/06/2014 11:06:04 AM PDT by dennisw
'We thought he was crazy and begged him not to go back': Parents of NBC reporter with Ebola reveal how he refused to listen to pleas to stay in the U.S. as they meet his air ambulance in Nebraska
Ashoka Mukpo, a freelance cameraman from Rhode Island, is being treated at Nebraska Medical Center and is in 'good spirits' but tired
He was flown in on a medical flight from Liberia on Monday
The 33-year-old returned to Liberia on September 4 and had been working with NBC when he fell ill last week
He may have contracted the virus while spray-washing a car that had carried someone who later died of Ebola
His father, Dr Mitchell Levy, mother British aristocrat Lady Diana Judith Mukpo and British girlfriend Helen, traveled to Nebraska
Dr Levy said: 'I'm proud of him but I told him he was crazy'
Dr Levy said Ashoka had spent three years in Liberia working for an NGO but returned to the U.S. in May. As the Ebola crisis deepened, the 33-year-old wanted to return because of his strong connection to the country and its people.
Dr Levy said: 'Our son is strong-willed and determined. He has always lived by his integrity. He made a strong connection with the Liberian people and felt compelled to go back.
'I told him I thought he was crazy and I told him about the risks but none of it worked. I'm proud of him but I wished he would go somewhere else.'
He has spent three years working the country and returned to cover the health crisis.
Mr Gold added: 'It wasn't abnormal to drive down the street with him and have numerous people call out his name and wave.'
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