Ebola victim's fiancee to tell her story in new book

DALLAS — History will record Thomas Eric Duncan as the first man to die of Ebola on American soil. His fiancée, Louise Troh, will remember him as her love, lost to a virus that ravaged their native Liberia.

While he fought for his life inside Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, his family was quarantined and their possessions were incinerated.

"Could we remember then that these are human beings?" said senior pastor George Mason of Wilshire Baptist Church, where Duncan's fiancee and their family attend, in October.

"Let's remember that Louise is one of us. She's a member of this church. I'll also remind you she is an American citizen. She did absolutely nothing wrong in this case, and through no fault of her own she lost the only love of her life," said Mason.

A source told WFAA-TV that many of those near Troh, including Mason, have signed non-disclosure agreements pending the release of her book in April.

It's called, "My Spirit Took You In" — co-written by a former Dallas newspaper writer Christine Wicker, and produced by Hollywood Mogul Harvey Weinstein's publishing arm.

Sources say a similar movie project is in the works.

Troh won't go on camera, but recently released a letter to her church, announcing the project.

"It will tell the story of my life, including this time of death and grief because of Ebola," she wrote.

Thanks to the congregation's support, she now lives with her family in Dallas' Vickery Meadow neighborhood. She hopes to one day return to Liberia to build a church.

"I want to pay my vows to God before the people, like the Bible says, and giving back to the church. I am so happy to be able to give and not just receive," she told the congregation.