one of them it 72-year-old jessie payne. jessie is happiest when with her dozens of grandkids and great grandkids. family and church have been the mainstays for her life. and to get around the city she used the bus, better known as the d dot. two years ago she took the bus that changed her life. >> i started to cross the street to go to the doctor's office. and as i started across the street, the bus backed over me and i fell to the ground. and when i looked down at my leg, it was split open. it looked like mag ots was crawling in my leg. >> when jessie woke up, she was in the hospital. >> i didn't feel nothing. i couldn't feel my legs. they told me they thought i was doing to losely legs. >> jessie was in the hospital for a year before moving to a rehabilitation home. she undergoes physical therapy five days a week. >> i still have pains today in my legs. i wake up a lot of nights with pain in my legs. you should see the scars. >> jessie's injury is permanent. before the bankruptcy the city of destroyed agreed to pay her. >>

one is 72-year-old jessie payne. she is happiest with her grandkids. ys in church had been the mainstay for jessie her entire loof. >> to get around the motor city she used the bus. two years ago she took the bus that changed her life >> i started across the street to go to the doctor's office. as i started, the bus backed over me and i fell to the ground. and when i look down at my leg, it was split open, it looked like maggots was crawling in my leg. >> when jessie woke up, she was in the hospital. >> i didn't feel nothing. i couldn't feel lie legs. they told me they thought i would lose my legs. jessie was in the hospital for a year before moving to a rehabilitation home. she undergoes physiotherapy five days a week. >> i have pains today in my legs. i wake up at nights with pain in my legs. you should see the scars. >> jessie's injury is permanent. before the bankruptcy the city of detroit agreed to pay her. >> we have several judgments in this case, all of which are affected by the bankruptcy. it's roughly $3.5 million. >> jessie's lawyers at the s

. >> jessie pap payne is not a sophisticated wall street bank or bond holder. she was walking in a parking lot, hit by a city bus and deserves to be paid fairly. >> we'll find out what happens in an exclusive investigation from "america tonight". ahead at the top of the hour. see you then. >> president obama is on his way to asia after making a stop in oso washington, scene of the mudslide that killed 41, last month. air force one left oso washington moments ago. a few hours earlier president obama got a birds eye view of the destruction left behind. he flew over the region, and spoke to the rescue workers at the fire house. he talked about a letter he knot from a firefighter. >> the firefighter pointed out the incredible work done under tough circumstances. number two, he was pointing out what others were doing, not what he was doing. and you see a community come together like this and not be interested in who is getting credit, but making sure that the job gets done. that says a lot about the character of this place. >> joining us from oso in washington state