The terrifying, isolating reality of life amid the Ebola crisis

"You see people dying like chickens"

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(Image credit: (AP Photo/ Michael Duff))

Kandeh Turay is stuck in Sierra Leone. And because of a deadly, terrifying Ebola outbreak, his home country is a place the HVAC engineer barely recognizes.

The disease has fully consumed daily life, shutting down work, halting day-to-day interactions, and infecting loved ones. In May, Turay's sister died. "She got sick on a Sunday," said Turay's wife, Yvonne Washington-Turay. "Nobody could tell us what she had. Within one week, she was dead. She could very well have had Ebola."

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