. >> reporter: cheryl treadway does not want to show her face. >> i did what i had to do. >> reporter: but she did show me this huge bruise. she says her boyfriend, ethan nickerson, did this when he held her hostage at knifepoint all day on tuesday. how tough has this been? >> very tough. it's a lot to go through. just get through it. >> reporter: when it was time to pick their sons up from school he would not let her go alone. when they all got home -- >> the kids were hungry and that was my excuse to use that. >> reporter: she came up with that clever way to get help -- order from pizza hut. >> and he thought i was ordering just a regular pepperoni pizza or whatever it was and added the few extra words and hoped and prayed it was going to happen and it did. >> reporter: this receipt shows the few extra words. please help -- get 911 to me. here's a portion of that call. >> we had an order that just popped up on our screen and it got a pizza order on it but then in parentheses it has, please help get 911 to me. hostage help. >> reporter: it was a bold yet very methodical move. cheryl

. >> reporter: miles away cheryl treadway placed the order from the home using pizza hut's app. he put the plea for help in the comment section. up investigators say treadway's boyfriend ethan snickerson had been using a large knife to held treadway and her children hostage. she convinced him to allow her to order the pizza. >> i was kind of scared, scared for the person. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies rushed to tread way's home. >> she came toward us and there is two kid in the the house with the person who is on narcotics and don't necessity they mine set with a knife. we need to get them out of the house. >> reporter: after a brief standoff snickerson was arrested and face he several charges including false imprisonment. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> amazing to think of that. to be able to do that very quick thinking. >> we're reminded for that commercial for nfl during the super bowl. >> the 911 call. >> exactly, 911 call reporting domestic violence. >> kudos to the workers of pizza hut that made it happen. >> 5:33. lets check with katie and the forecast in

authorities say that cheryl treadway and her three kids were being held at knife point by her boyfriend. she was able to talk him into letting her use his cell phone to order food. treadway sent out a plea for help with that worker. the once they saw it, they called police. >> get 911 to me. and then she played an order a pizza order and it says 911 hostage, help. >> the pizza hut worker say they knew the order was not a hoax because they recognized her name and address as a frequent customer. treadway's boyfriend was arrested and charged. >>> elton john was back on capitol hill talking about the importance have of keeping up the global fight against hiv aids. singer testified before the senate appropriations committee today and praised the u.s. effort against aids in africa. he also credited american dollars with saving millions of lives. john says that more resources though are needed. >> america's continued leadership is critical. there is a window of opportunity before us, a window through which we could very clearly see the end of aid within my lifetime. we cannot afford to let the

. >> reporter: miles away, cheryl treadway used the pizza hot app. the plea for help in the comment section. investigators say her boyfriend ethan snickerson had been using a large knife to hold treadway and three children hostage. she convinced snickerson to how her to order the pizza. >> i was scared for the person. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies then rush to tread way's home. >> she came towards us with two kids in the house which is a person on narcotics and we have a knife. we need to get them out of the house. >> reporter: after a brief standoff snicker son was arrested and he faces several charges including false imprisonment. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> quick thinking there on everyone's part. for the folks at pizza hut to pick up on that so quickly. >> lets check with cbs this morning. >> gayle king has your preview from new york, good morning. >> i can tell you, hello ukeelee and erika, we will talk to cia insider michael morel about future isis threats. forget about the pills a top expert says that you can just breathe y