The second American who contracted the deadly Ebola virus gave up an experimental serum to treat and save his medical co-worker.

Dr. Kent Brantly, the American doctor stricken by the Ebola virus, was offered an experimental treatment, but has asked doctors to share the serum with Nancy Writebol, a nurse who works with him.

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In a press release, Samaritan's Purse president Franklin Graham described Brantly's heroic deed.

“Dr. Brantly asked that it be given to Nancy Writebol,” Graham said. “However, Dr. Brantly received a unit of blood from a 14-year-old boy who had survived Ebola because of Dr. Brantly’s care."

Graham said the young boy and his family wanted to return the favor and help Brantly for saving the boy's.”

Samaritan's Purse is the aid organization that helps Ebolala stricken patients with which Brantly worked.

The Brantly family issued a statement requesting for some privacy. Amber Brantly, wife of one of the American patients, extended her thanks to the support she and her family receives.

“We appreciate so much all the words of comfort and acts of kindness extended to our family,” Amber's statement went.

She also said that now is very challenging for the Brantly family and would opt not to speak with the members of the media. She implored that the media give her family some privacy.

The couple's two children are being observed for fever signs, but none has shown so far. The location of Brantly's family remains undisclosed to the public.

On Thursday, sources confirmed the aeromedical biological containment system of the Centers for Disease Control is on-board a medevac plane on its way to Liberia.

Reports said that the two American medical workers were airlifted and will be flown to Atlanta's Emory University Hospital.

However, the news on the Ebola patients went wild on Twitter with some expressing dismay and fear of an Ebola outbreak in the U.S.

Businessman Donald Trump took a stab at the CDC's efforts to fly the two Ebola patients in U.S. soil. He accused the CDC and the current administration of incompetence for having the Ebola patients come to the U.S.

TagsKent Brantly, Nancy Writebol, Ebola Virus