Rescue of Jessica McClure

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On October 14, 1987, 18-month-old Jessica McClure Morales (born March 26, 1986), who would become known as "Baby Jessica", fell into a well in her aunt's backyard in Midland, Texas. This garnered national attention, with the big three television networks broadcasting McClure's rescue live. In 1989, ABC produced a television movie about the incident, entitled Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure. Over the next 58 hours, rescuers worked to free her from the 8 in (20 cm) well casing, about 22 ft (7 m) below grade.

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