--- description: The freelance NBC News cameraman who was diagnosed in Liberia with the Ebola virus arrived in the United States on Monday on his way to... title: NBC Cameraman With Ebola Arrives on U.S. Soil image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0cff8d481acfbfc9/6986a72355a859fdeca8301f/141003-ashoka-mukpomn-1130_9dc0608ffe868bc0d66ec3f6cdfd6db0.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [ebola](/tag/ebola/) ## ebola Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # NBC Cameraman With Ebola Arrives on U.S. Soil by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 6, 2014 12:04 PM CUT  Free-lance cameraman Ashoka Mukpo is seen in this undated photo. Free-lance cameraman Ashoka Mukpo is seen in this undated photo.NBC by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 6, 2014 12:04 PM CUT The [freelance NBC News cameraman who was diagnosed in Liberia with the Ebola virus](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/nbc-news-freelancer-africa-diagnosed-ebola-n217271 "undefined") arrived in the United States on Monday on his way to get treatment at a Nebraska hospital. Ashoka Mukpo left Liberia on a specially-equipped jet just before 5:30 p.m. ET on Sunday (9:30 p.m. local time), walking onto the aircraft with assistance. The plane made a brief refueling stop in Bangor, Maine, early Monday en route to Omaha. Mukpo, 33, is the fifth American diagnosed with Ebola. He was hired Tuesday to be a second cameraman for NBC News Chief Medical Editor and Correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman. He tested positive for Ebola on Thursday… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/nbc-news-freelancer-ashoka-mukpo-arrives-u-s-ebola-treatment-n218746?cid=par-time-article%5F20141006 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3474617/ebola-ashoka-mukpo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3474617/ebola-ashoka-mukpo/"},"headline":"NBC Cameraman With Ebola Arrives on U.S. Soil","datePublished":"2014-10-06T12:04:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:36:12.896Z","description":"The freelance NBC News cameraman who was diagnosed in Liberia with the Ebola virus arrived in the United States on Monday on his way to...","url":"https://time.com/3474617/ebola-ashoka-mukpo/","keywords":["ebola"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0cff8d481acfbfc9/6986a72355a859fdeca8301f/141003-ashoka-mukpomn-1130_9dc0608ffe868bc0d66ec3f6cdfd6db0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0cff8d481acfbfc9/6986a72355a859fdeca8301f/141003-ashoka-mukpomn-1130_9dc0608ffe868bc0d66ec3f6cdfd6db0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ashoka Mukpo Ebola","caption":"Ashoka Mukpo Ebola","creditText":"NBC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3474617/ebola-ashoka-mukpo/","name":"NBC Cameraman With Ebola Arrives on U.S. Soil"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Contact Tracing: How To Trace The Spread of Ebola","description":"Health officials in the US are using a method known as contact tracing, to see who is at risk from Ebola.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/EJ3m56cA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-02T18:25:06.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/EJ3m56cA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3474617/ebola-ashoka-mukpo/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3474617/ebola-ashoka-mukpo/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```