users, stark. mental illness is as rampant as the trash on the street. in the city of angels, few care to retrieve the discarded. you doing all right? well, as well as i can. reporter: and reverend andy bails is one of them. he runs the rescue mission there in the heart of skid row. watch your step. this is how i got what i got. reporter: what he got is the flesh eating bacteria in the foot contracted while walking through the streets. one personal sign of the rampant disease here unchecked says bails since the 1970s when the city leaders envisioned a central theized hub for the e nknee di, and time evolved into something else. they are trying to maintain peace in impossible environment. can you image snin we need a holy embarrassment to cause action. reporter: do you believe that the holy embarrassment is coming? if it has not come this week, i believe it is coming soon.