. >> reporter: if you didn't know alyson myat. >> i feel very blessed. >> reporter: or her story. >> just kind of goes all the way. >> reporter: you never know why the bubbles on her right hand are fresh, why her hand and both feet are wrapped in bandages. >> i'm just happy aiden is okay and wasn't on fire or anything when i came upstairs. >> reporter: as alyson is lying in her hospital bed recovering from severe burns, her thoughts are on 5-year-old aden hawes and how he is doing. >> i care for the kid a lot, like i really do. >> reporter: this is what's left of aden's home. last night when they were sleeping -- >> i just heard a big boom, and i thought it was aden. >> reporter: alyson sprinted upstairs barefoot. when she got upstairs to the hallway, she was met by flames on the carpet. >> i was calling for him and he said, aly, i'm in here in my room underneath my covers. i'm like, okay, so i ran in there, grabbed him and ran out. that was the only thing i thought about. i didn't even think about me getting burned. he was screaming and stuff. and right after i ran off the carpet, m

mean, there's no words to put how grateful i am to have my son with me, how grateful i am to have alyson in our world. >> so genuine as you see the closeness between the nanny and the little guy. she's only been again with the family two months and she's going to risk her life? that's amazing. you know, we call out the bad on this program and we'll do that and hopefully learn from it but certainly will celebrate the good and it was great to do that with this story of our hero nanny. this next story leaves you scratching your head talking about skrandra bullock and maril trouble. more women are coming forward concerning her husband, jesse james. what's with him, you marry sandra bullock and wracking up mistresses like tiger woods and on the other side, if you are sandra bullock, why did you marry him in the first place? >> cnn hero, anne malem. >> you can change the world through humanity, kindness and encouragement and giving people a second chance. >> two years ago, she was honored as a cnn hero helping those who might otherwise be forgotten, the homeless. >> so, we're going to go over

alyson myatt ran upstairs and along a blistering hot hallway to save aidan.e officials say the temperature had reached 400 degrees. she's facing a long recover from severe burns on her feet and hands. >> i just saw flames all down the hallway and then the bathroom door was on fire. so there was no way to avoid the flames, but before i had even looked at the fire or anything, i was yelling for aidan, and he said he was in his room underneath the covers. i didn't even think about me getting hurt or getting burned. i really didn't even think that i was barefoot. i just was yelling for aidan and i ran and got him and all of that happened in like four minutes. it happened really quick. i didn't feel anything until i was standing on the carpet where it wasn't on fire and my feet were in excruciating pain. >> well, you can imagine how proud and happy that dad is, too. myatt has no health insurance and has no idea how she will pay for her treatment. she's only been his nanny for a couple of months. >>> buying your first home? are you running out of time if you want t