Jessica McClure

Who is Jessica McClure?

Jessica McClure Morales became famous at the age of 18 months after falling into a well in the backyard of Tanner Drive, Midland, Texas, on October 14, 1987. Between that day and October 16, rescuers worked for 58 hours to free "Baby Jessica" from the eight-inch well casing 22 feet below the ground. The story gained worldwide attention, and later became the subject of a 1989 television movie Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure on ABC. As presented in the movie, a vital part of the rescue was the use of the then relatively new technology of waterjet cutting.