It's been nearly three weeks since eight teens were burned at a weekend bonfire in Lombard.
Four of them suffered severe burns and had to be hospitalized. Two remain at the hospital.
Alyssa Wolff, 15, is many things: A varsity cheerleader, a friend, a school leader and now, three weeks after the accident, she’s also a motivator, hero and fighter.
“It was just like a huge explosion and the first instinct was to help my friends,” she said. One of the boys attending the gathering poured gasoline on the dwindling flames. ll of a sudden, Wolff was on fire. She said she remembered what she learned in kindergarten. She stopped, dropped and rolled.