Man Cured Of Ebola With Experimental Drug: 'Today Is A Miraculous Day'

An American doctor who contracted Ebola while treating victims of the deadly virus in Liberia has been discharged from an Atlanta hospital after being treated with an experimental drug.

"Today is a miraculous day," Kent Brantly told reporters. "I am thrilled to be alive, to be well, and to be reunited with my family."

Brantly was given ZMapp, a drug developed by U.S.-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical and used on a handful of patients in the West African outbreak.

"As a medical missionary, I never imagined myself in this position. When my family and I moved to Libera … Ebola was not on the radar," Brantly said. "We moved to Liberia because God called us to serve the people in Liberia.

"In March … we began preparing for the worst. We received the first Ebola patient in June. [After] the use of an experimental drug and the expertise of a healthcare team at [Atlanta's Emory Hospital] … God saved my life."

More to come.