dr. bruce ridner, one of the leading physicians overseeing his care. he said there was no question bringing the patients to emory. they were ready for them. why take the risk at all? >> i think you have you have been in that part of the world and know the level of care that can be delivered. these are americans who went over there to supply humanitarian mission of medical care for these individuals and our feeling is they deserve the best medical care to try to resolve this infection they can get. >> reporter: by early saturday afternoon, brantley was transferred from his isolation on the plane to an ambulance on the tarmac. a caravan took to the streets of atlanta where his every move was tracked by air and ground. awaiting him at the hospital, a specially outfitted containment unit. one of only several in the world. >> what is the message for the general public that are concerned with having an american with the ebola virus in their backyard. >> this is not a virus. this is a neighbor, a parent, a child, a spouse, a sibling. this is a sick person who

dr. bruce ridner believes they have a good chance at saving their lives. how did this all transpire for you? did you get a call? >> one morning we did get a phone call and they said we understand you have a special unit. without hesitation, of course, we said yes. >> any hesitation in accepting these patients? >> actually it's been the reverse. we have a small cadre of icu nurses who staff our unit. i actually had two nurses who were scheduled to go on vacation tomorrow and they both canceled their vacations and they said we have been training for this. we are not going to miss this opportunity to compare for this patient. >> we know that the risk is small, but it would be even smaller if these patients did not come here. if you don't have anything magical to provide, why take the risk at all? >> i think you've been in that part of the world. and you know the level of care that can be delivered. these are americans who went over there to supply humanitarian mission of medical care for these individuals. and our feeling is that they deserve the best medical

dr. bruce ridner and asked him about it. >> they're concerned.hey say, we get it, we know the risk is small. but it would be even smaller if the patients did not come here. if you don't have anything magical to provide, why take the risk at all? >> i think you've been in that part of the world. and you know the level of care that can be delivered. these are americans who went over there to supply a humanitarian mission of medical care for these individuals and our feeling is that they deserve the best medical care to try and resolve this infection that they can get. most of the medical care consists of supportive care and our sense is based on speaking to providers in that part of the world that given our training, given our knowledge, given our unit, we can supply that support and care than can be provided in the current environment. >> part of that best care involves -- this is that isolation area, it's physically separated from other patient areas. you can't tell by looking at these pictures, it has certain things in the way the air is filtere

dr. bruce ridner, one of the physicians overseeing brantly's care. he said there was never a question about bringing the two americans who contracted ebola to america. why take the risk at all? >> i think you've been in that part of the world and you know the level of care that can be delivered. these are americans who went over there to supply humanitarian mission of medical care for these individuals. and they deserve the best medical care to try and resolve this infection that they can get. >> by early saturday afternoon, he was transferred from his isolation on board the plane into an ambulance on the tarmac. then a caravan took to the treats where his every move was tracked by air and ground. awaiting him at the hospital, a specially outfitted containment unit. one of only several in the world. >> what sort of message do you have for folks at home, general public that are concerned about having an american with ebola virus here in their backyard. >> that's the key point. this is not a virus. this is a patient. this is one of our neighbors. this

dr. bruce ridner, who will lead the emory team, says they have the experience to safely handle the patients. >> the reason we are bringing these patients back to our facility is because we feel they deserve to have the highest level of care offered for their treatment. >> reporter: this will mark the first time that a patient with ebola has ever been on u.s. soil causing a fair amount of public concern. centers for disease control director tom friedman told me he understands people's fears but really couldn't have prevented this from happening. >> his organization -- and he, made the decision to come back for care here. they're american citizens. and as long as they can be treated in appropriate isolation without risking others, it would be i think really ethically problematic as well as legally problematic to keep them out. >> reporter: while the two patients may receive some experimental treatments, most of what the emory team will offer is simply supportive care with nov vaccines or real treatment, the best the team can do is keep the patient alive until their body finally hopefully figh

dr. bruce ridner one of the leading physicians.icans who contracted ebola to emory. they were ready for them. >> why take the risk at all. >> you've been in that part of the world. you know the level of care that can be delivered. these are americans who went over there to supply a humanitarian mission of medical care for these individuals. and our feeling is that they deserve the best medical care to try and resolve this infection that they can get. >> by early saturday afternoon brantly was transferred from his isolation on board the plane on to an ambulance on the tarmac. caravan took to the streets of atlanta where every move was tracked. awaiting him at the hospital a specially outfitted containment unit only one of several throughout the world. >> what message do you have that are concerned. >> this is not a virus, this is a patient, one of our neighbors. this is a parent. this is a child. this is a spouse. this is a sibling. this is a sick person who needs our help. >> the other american missionary is awaiting her trip back