and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler, and additional support from scott nathan and laura debonis. major funding for this program is provided by the kendeda fund. >> narrator: this is the story of three seemingly disconnected events beginning at the same time. what they each have in common is a type of infection that is becoming impossible to treat, a type of infection that has triggered deadly outbreaks, even at one of our most prestigious hospitals. it is a crisis that is spreading alarmingly fast, threatening everyone, even the healthy. (siren blaring) >> narrator: our first story starts in tuscon, arizona, in may 2011. >> when i think about that time, i think about spring... and just, you know, how busy it was and how beautiful she was. she was 11-and-a-half years old and just physically perfect, beautiful from head to toe, slim, you know, white-blond hair from being out in the sun. a little bit of freckles across her nose, bright blue eyes, paying attention to what her clothes looked like and her hair, never stopped talking, talked a mile a