Joyce Mack, 60, says ever since contracting Legionnaires' disease, she feels trapped in her apartment by a heavy machine that helps her breathe and in her mind by the fear of losing her life. "I watch TV all night. I will not go to sleep," she said. "I'm scared if I go to sleep, I might not wake up."

About one in 10 people who get sick from Legionnaires' disease die from the disease due to complications from illness, CDC said.

Two construction workers who contracted Legionnaires’ disease while on the job in Harlem are suing over what attorney and civil rights activist Ben Crump called a “preventable outbreak” that