MATTHEWS, N.C. — A photographer with a local nonprofit flew to the Ebola hot zone to bring back images that show the impact of Ebola in West Africa.
"Everybody feels you're going to die, so people don't come around," said Barbara Onoh, a nurse who was diagnosed with Ebola but survived.
She's featured in the documentary called "Ebola: There is Hope."
Just as SIM volunteer Nancy Writebol was returning to the United States to receive treatment for Ebola, SIM reached out to the Matthews nonprofit Silent Images and asked them to fly to Liberia and tell the stories of Ebola patients.
Holly Gernatt works for Silent Images. She said after serious conversation, she and her co-workers heard the voice of God telling them to go, and their photographer did as well.
"He considered the cost and decided that he was willing to go," said Gernatt.
For his protection, Silent Images hasn't released the photographer's name but they said his mission wasn't easy.
He described, via email, what it was like walking through an Ebola unit and seeing people suffering and dying around him.
The documentary is the fruit of his sacrifice and they hope it opens eyes and moves people to help.
"It's really people. People are hurting. People are dying," said Bruce Johnson, president SIM USA.
That photographer never contracted the Ebola virus. He is healthy and back in the United States. YOUTUBE VIDEO: There is Hope