can whitfield. a mysterious outbreak of legionnaire s disease in new york has claimed four lives in new york city. all of the dead were older individuals, with underlying medical issues. but dozens of others have been hospitalized. cnn s sara ganim is following the story for us from new york. so this outbreak was first reported last month in the bronx. what more do we know about it now? we know it s really affecting that neighborhood here in the bronx in new york fred. you know investigators, epidemiologists now working to figure out how this began. daniel tejada spent nearly a month in a medically induced coma in a hospital because of legionnaire s disease. i was about to wait one more day to go to the hospital, and if i would have waited that one more day i don t think i would be here right now. the outbreak has caused 65 people to get sick since mid-july. four, all with pre-existing conditions, died. the cdc needs to come in this community.
and a mysterious outbreak in this country of legionnaire s disease. in new york! now confirming two take the lives of four people in new york city. all of the dead were older individuals with underlying medical issues. but dozens of others have been hospitalized. cnn s sarah ganim is following the story from new york. sara this outbreak first reported last month in the bronx. what more do we know about this? we know it s affecting this community in the south bronx, fred. 55 people so far have been hospitalized as you mentioned. four of them have died. and investigators, and epidemiologists now working to figure out how this started. daniel tejada spent nearly a month in a medically induced coma in a new york hospital because of legionnaire s disease. i was about to wait one more day to go to the hospital, and if i would have waited that one more day i don t think i would be here right now. the outbreak has caused 65 people to get sick since