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In the stairwell is that of a san francisco woman who vanished from her room two weeks ago. 57-year-old lind spalding checked herself in for a bladder infection. two days later she disappeared. now investigators are trying to figure out how this mother of two could vanish in the midst of treatment and end up in the stairwell at the busiest hospital in the city of san francisco. dan simon begins our coverage "outfront." >> reporter: missing person flyers were hung throughout the city. the search turn out to be eastless. the 57-year-old has been dead or dying in a hospital stairwell for more tha...

We all agree. we want to prevent it from ever happening again. >> reporter: san francisco general until now had a good reputation. for example, it successfully treated many of the patients from the crash at the san francisco international airport. >> we are here to provide patient care and security to 100,000 patients and their families each year. nothing like this has ever happened before. there is no precedent for this. >> reporter: for now, we're still left to wonder why did spalding leave her room? why did she go to that fire escape stair well? and why did it take so long for someone at th...

>> aid hard time keeping my basic aspects of my life in order. i was frustrated. that translated to anger quite a bit and it pushed me to say i don't want to live like this. >> reporter: he went on to graduate from college determined to make it. believing the government's promise that his war time servicemen his disability check would always be there. but he's been unemployed for five months. now that check is his only source of income. >> if the shutdown goes past october 15th, the v.a. has said that they will be unable to process payments for 1 november when most of my bills come due. 1234 w...

Earlier, we shared rock veteran ryan lampk's story. ptsd affects many americans and it's difficult to treat. tonight, one woman's idea for a cure that's becoming popular. doesn't require drugs, no side effects. it's all about that guy you're looking at there. >> that the when he shot me again in the back. when i got ready to go out the backdoor, he followed behind me and shot me again. >> every day i would wake up and think about suicide. that was the first thought in my head. >> reporter: two men in uniform serving in the united states. scott young survived two tours of duty. staff sergeant a...

For him, but today he credits this dog, whisky with saving his life. >> i was skeptical at first because i never had a dog. once i got the dog, about the second day, like a light came on and everything changed. >> reporter: before meeting whisky young could barely leave his house. now he doesn't think about suicide. he thinks about the future. >> now i go out, no problem, if i start to get stressed out or having an anxiety attack, i just pet her and relax and that takes all the anxiety away. >> reporter: alonzo is hoping for the same relief. he'll meet his service dog next month, an irish wolf...