like funeral homes that are corn tam nated. if i go by a funeral home, i'm contaminated. do you feel your upbringing had anything to do with . >> when i was in second grade, my mum was stick. therapists said could be my obsession with things dying. >> reporter: this is the one safe spot, her bedroom. >> i kind of live in this room. >> reporter: she keeps her food here to avoid contamination. and keeps her laundry basket full of gloves. >> this will not work, it's inside out, i contaminated this. >> reporter: she wears this 24/7. her mother remembers the brighter days when her daughter would play outside with friends, unafraid of contamination. >> back then everything was good. >> reporter: julie said she tried everything to stop the spiral. how hard is this to see as a mum? >> it's horrible. her whole family is affected, and to see her. there has been years. even now. she be crying, if i touched her, she'd freak. for years. >> reporter: we saw jennifer's o.c.d. first hand when she showed us glass art on a recent family vacation. >> i like glass. >> reporter: can i touch i

. >> the attorney for 36-year-old marvin montgomery says his client got sick from the can tam nateed water tower from lincoln hospital. he plans to sue new york city for $10 million the outbreak the most severe they have ever seen. they have ordered the state health department to take action. >> we are starting a massive testing effort in that immediate vicinity where we will send people out to test these cooling towers to determine if they are a source of the bacteria or not. health officials say you can't get legionnaires' disease from person to person contact. in the recent cases people have gotten it from breathing in mist from those towers. in the mont haven section, cbs 2 news. >>> thank you. we're following developing news in mali where 12 people were killed during a stand off with islamic extremists. this happened inside a central mali hotel frequented by u.n. workers, soldiers rescued 4 u.n. employees who hid in the hotel for nearly 24 hours during the attack. 5 soldiers, a u.n. contractor and three hotel staff members are among those dead. three jihadis were also killed the