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   From: uy@libscum.com   
      
   Ever since it was discovered that the late Patrick Sawyer, who   
   died after contracting Ebola Virus, escaped quarantine in   
   Liberia and travelled to Nigeria, the world has expressed   
   outrage.   
      
   Sawyer’s decision to go to Nigeria has resulted in dire   
   consequences including the death of a young nurse who came in   
   contact with him and contracted the virus as a result. Also,   
   another nurse who contracted the virus from Sawyer escaped   
   quarantine in Lagos, and travelled to Enugu, thus; putting many   
   people at risk.   
      
   Many have called Sawyer’s acts despicable. However, his wife,   
   Decontee K. Sawyer has risen to her late husband’s defence.   
      
   According to TMZ Liberia Magazine Decontee took to Facebook to   
   “set the record straight” from her own perspective.   
      
   Stating that “he (Patrick Sawyer) is no terrorist, and his act   
   was far from malicious. It was actually a cry for help,” here   
   are excerpts of other comments she allegedly made:   
      
   I knew Patrick better than anybody else (including himself). He   
   had told me many times in the past how much he didn’t trust the   
   Liberian healthcare system. He would tell me about how a person   
   would get checked in for one thing, and get misdiagnosed and get   
   the wrong treatment as a result. On top of that, Patrick was a   
   clean freak, and told me how filthy a lot of the hospitals were.   
      
   He didn’t tell me this, but I know in my heart of hearts that   
   Patrick was determined to get to Nigeria by all means because he   
   felt that Nigeria would be a place of refuge.   
      
   He has expressed to me many times in the past that he felt   
   passionately about helping to be a part of strengthening   
   Liberia’s healthcare system, but he knew it wasn’t there yet,   
   and he wouldn’t want to take a chance with his life because a   
   lot of people depended on him… Patrick had a passion for life,   
   and he wouldn’t have wanted his to end.   
      
   So, I bet anything that he was thinking, if I could only get to   
   Nigeria, a way more developed country than Liberia, I would be   
   able to get some help. How ironic.   
      
   It has been reported that Patrick avoided physical contact with   
   everyone he came across during his trip from Liberia to Nigeria.   
   When he got to Nigeria, he turned himself in letting them know   
   that he had just flown in from Liberia.   
      
   Patrick went to Nigeria for help so that he can get properly   
   diagnosed, and not misdiagnosed in Liberia. And if it came back   
   that he did have Ebola, he trusted the Nigerian healthcare   
   system a lot more than he trusted the Liberian’s. His action, as   
   off as it was, was a desperate plea for help. Patrick didn’t   
   want to die, and he thought his life would be saved in Nigeria.   
      
   I write today, not simply because of Patrick, but because of the   
   broken healthcare system in the Liberia, and the government’s   
   inability under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (and other past   
   Presidents) to fix it. Good doctors, nurses, and other   
   healthcare providers aren’t given the support they need to save   
   lives.   
      
   President Sirleaf went on CNN News throwing stones at Patrick, a   
   man who can no longer defend himself, a man who worked   
   tirelessly for Liberia. She should be ashamed of herself. I use   
   to admire this woman, and was excited and proud of her   
   accomplishment as the first woman President in the entire   
   continent of Africa. She will always own that. We will always   
   own that. It can’t be taken away from her. It’s something to be   
   proud of. But this woman has failed her country.   
      
   http://www.bellanaija.com/2014/08/14/he-is-no-terrorist-and-his-   
   acts-were-not-malicious-patrick-sawyers-wife/   
      
        
      
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