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whats going on in our city that no one would take the time to help this drowning man. >> could we have done more when the gentleman became unconscious? certainly theres that opportunity for us to have gone out and do more. were looking at that. >> alameda officials say theyll reinstate the water rescue training. >> 911 whats your emergency? >> i called a little bit ago. i found out my granddaughter has been taken. she has been missing. her mother finally admitted shes been missing. >> ...

You know, experts tell me that they believe most, if not all infections that you get in the hospital could have been prevented. its not just fate. something could have been done to prevent that infection. >> in the hospital, we all feel like, okay, these are the experts, they know what athethe doing. you feel like youre at their mercy. is there anything you can do yourself to catch these things or youre at their mercy? >> you are not at their mercy. there are things you can do. lets look at some...

The superbug. we have elizabeth cohen here to talk about it. what is the superbug? >> a superbug is any bug that is resistant to antibiotics. someone gets sick and the antibiotic and it doesnt work. then another one. it doesnt work. this bug which is called crkp. they tried a bunch against it and only one works and it doesnt work very well and it causes kidney damage. >> you have a loved one in the hospital. what should they be looking for? how likely is it that they pick up the superbug? >> whe...