New York attorney Ben Crump on Tuesday told reporters that the death toll from New York City's Legionnaires disease outbreak is likely vastly underreported and expects as many as 20 people have actually died in the outbreak. The New York City Health department said that as of Aug. 29 there have been 114 confirmed Legionnaires cases, 90 hospitalizations and seven deaths. Legionnaires' disease is a type of pneumonia that is caused by legionella bacteria. "These were vibrant people until Legionnaires took them away. Lakisha Plowden said it took the city a month to tell her that her husband died from Legionnaires.