This Morning's Alison Hammond says 'I'm so sorry' as guest holds back tears

Emotions were at an all-time high during Tuesday's instalment of This Morning.

During the ITV show, viewers saw Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary speak to one dad whose son has suffered severe burns.

At the time, nine-year-old William Tyler ran across boiling hot sand, which had still been scorching from a disposable barbecue.

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As a result, William needed multiple surgeries on his burns. During the show, his father, Toby, was overcome with emotion as he recalled hearing his son in pain.

Alison said, "So, you're having a lovely time. You're there with your wife Claire, your daughter Lily, and William, having a lovely time on the beach. Then the two kids go off, have a little run, and the next thing you hear is your son William, screaming."

He said: "Yeah, that was a-", Toby started to choke up with emotion as he recalled the horrific moment.

Realising his struggle, Alison commented: "Oh, I'm so sorry."

Toby added: "It was a really hard point because it was so out of the blue, and it's something that doesn't go away. They were literally just playing, and his feet sank into sand where the barbeque had been several hours before.

"We were clueless about what had happened. We thought' he'd trodden on something sharp, so it took a minute to work out what had happened."

Alison told viewers the sand was still extremely hot, despite it being hours after the barbecue had been moved.

He added: "As soon as he comes out, you could see his foot basically stripped of the skin. I think that was the difficult thing. It looked extraordinary.

"We couldn't work out what he'd done, we thought something had pierced it to take the skin off, there was no blood. Literally, the skin had died across his foot straight away."

With their car far away, Toby had to carry his son on his shoulders as he recalled William being in 'extraordinary pain'.

Praising his son, Toby added: "He was incredible really, just managing to sustain things whilst we got him to hospital."

After William was given some pain relief, he had to be transferred to another hospital to a burns unit, where he spent nine days.

In the end, the child needed skin grafts to replace the skin on his feet.

This Morning is available to watch on ITVX.