According to Liberian newspaper, The
New Dawn, which monitored the CCTV footage recorded at Monrovia’s James
Spriggs Payne’s Airport, Monrovia, Sawyer looked “terribly ill” before
he boarded the 20 July Asky Airline plane to Lagos He reportedly wore a
“sad countenance“ and was obviously in severe pain.
According to the paper, Mr. Sawyer sat alone all through the time he
was boarding the flight and avoided bodily contact with other passengers
who were close to him at the boarding gate in Monrovia.
Mr. Sawyer became severely ill on the plane and was taken to First
Consultant Hospital, Obalende, from the Murtala Mohammed Airport in
Lagos. He died there on 24 July.
The hospital in which he died, First Consultant Hospital had issued a
statement confirming that it had to resist huge pressure from Liberian
government officials who wanted him to be discharged, and claimed he had
a crucial role to play in that talkshop.
Firstly, his employers suspected Ebola and isolated him. Secondly, he
was aware of his condition, Thirdly, he was cleared to travel by his
friend, who is a deputy minister in Liberia. Sawyer was acutely aware of
his condition when he also boarded the flight to Nigeria for a
conference in Calabar.
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