>> WATER IS AN ASSET THAT EVERY
HOUSE NEEDS.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO GET UP OFF
THIS PRETTY TALK WE'RE DOING AND
OUR MAN DOWN IN LANDSING HE
NEEDS TO STEP ON IT OR STEP OUT
AND LET'S GET BUSY ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING HERE.
>> THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
SENTIMENTS HERE IN FLINT.
STORY.
>> IT'S SHAPING THE DECISIONS
THEY MAKE AS THEY MOVE FORWARD.
OUR KAREN DREW SHOWS US THE
SETBACKS AND THE TRIUMPHS.
>> Reporter: AS WE TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS TRAGEDY IT REALLY IS
TAKING A LOOK AT HOW DIFFERENT
LIVES ARE SHAPED AND AFFECTED.
TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU
DIFFERENT LIVES AND HOW PEOPLE
ARE REACTING TO THIS FROM
POLITICS TO EMPLOYMENT TO HEALTH
SCARES.
>> I RALLY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING
HAD SURGERY.
>> Reporter: ELLEN SAYS SHE
HAD A SEVERE PHYSICAL REACTION
WATER.
>> I CAME HOME FROM THE
HOSPITAL, HAD MY SURGEON CHECK
IT ON JANUARY 12, AND HE SAID
EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT, AND YOU
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS SHE HAD
SHOWERING IN WAS CONTAMINATED.
THE RESULT?
>> I ENDED UP BACK IN THE
HOSPITAL FOR FIVE DAYS WITH A
MAJOR INFECTION OF ECOLI FROM
THE WATER.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD HAPPENED
BECAUSE I SAID THE ONLY THING
THAT HAPPENED WAS I TOOK A
SHOWER AND WENT TO BED.
>> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE HAD
LEGIONS ALL OVER HER BODY.
>> NOW, IT'S TOTALLY DISFIGURED.
I HAVE HUGE DIPS, AND IT WILL
HAVE TO BE REDONE.
HAVE I HUGE HOLES IN MY LEGS
JOO. SHE SPENDS MUCH OF HER TIME
HERE AT HER PARENTS-HOUSE.
AND SHOWER.
>> Reporter: MEANTIME HER
SPIRIT.
>> I SAID THE CRIME WASN'T GOING
TO DRIVE ME OUT.
I WASN'T GOING TO DO IT I FOUGHT
AGAINST CRIME FOR THE LONGEST
TIME.
AND NOW IT'S T WATER?
>> Reporter: GIA IS NOT
RUNNING FROM FLINT BECAUSE OF
THE WATER CRISIS.
INSTEAD THIS LOCAL MOTHER SAYS
SHE WILL BE RUNNING FOR CITY
COUNCIL.
>> I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE IN
CITY POLITICS.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE
WATER ISSUE IS WHAT PUSHED HER
TO TAKE ACTION.
>> WE BOTH HAD THE SKIN RASHES.
IT DEFINITELY AFFECTS ME AND MY
FAMILY EVERY YEAR.
>> Reporter: HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD
KNOWS THE REALITY ALL TOO WELL.
>> WHAT DON'T YOU USE THE WATER
FROM OVER THERE?
WATER.
>> IT'S SICK WATER?
YOU CAN'T USE THAT WATER?
>> Reporter: MORGAN SAYS THE
MOM PERSPECTIVIVE, THE RESIDENT
PERSPECTIVIVE, THE LIFETIME
FLINT PERSPECTIVEIVE NEEDS TO BE
SHOWN MORE ON COUNCIL TO HELP
SOLVE THE WATER CRISIS.
>> I KNOW GOING IN TO THIS RACE
THAT THAT IS A BIG ISSUE THAT I
WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS.
>> Reporter: ONE POSITIVE
THING THAT'S OCCURRED BECAUSE OF
THE FLINT WATER CRISIS, FOR SOME
IT'S MEANT EMPLOYMENT.
SEVEN.
>> WHEN THE WATER STUFF STARTED,
I STARTED WORKING BACK IN MARCH.
>> Reporter: HE IS A
SUPERVISOR NOW AT ONE OF THE
WATER DISTRIBUTION SITES.
>> I WAS IN BETWEEN JOBS.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED
ITSELF FROM I HOPPED ON IT.
>> Reporter: THIS NEW JOBS
COMES WITH COUNTLESS HOURS IN
RAIN, SNOW, AND COLD.
>> I KNEW IT WOULD BE HARD, BUT
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW HARD.
>> Reporter: STACKING AND
DISTRIBUTING THE WATER.
>> CASES WE GO THROUGH ANYWHERE
FROM 20 TO 40 PALLETS.
>> Reporter: HE ALSO FOUND
SITE.
>> IT'S A GOOD THING AS FAR AS
BRINGING JOBS TO FLINT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S,
LIKE, WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE
BECAUSE THE CRISIS?
>> Reporter: CLEVELAND SAYS
IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
THEY'RE OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK BUT
FEEL THAT'S IMPORTANT THEY NEED
TO BE THERE FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS.
>> THEN I SEE A LOT OF OLDER
PEOPLE WHO COME THROUGH HERE
TRYING TO GET AWE TER.
THEY ASK YOU DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY
>> Reporter: THE YOUNG MOTHER
AND THE BABIES TEAR AT HIS HEART
AS WELL.
HELPING.
>> JUST FEEL GOOD.
I LOVE THIS JOB FOR REALZ.
THE JOB.
I LOVE THIS JOB.
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW WHO
REALLY TOUCHED ME?
GIA'S DAWTDER.
THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD.
HER WHOLE LIFE ALL SHE'S KNOWN
FROM THE FAUCET.