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| name = Jessica McClure Morales |
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| birth_name = Jessica McClure |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|3|26}} |
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| birth_place = [[Midland, Texas]], U.S. |
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| known_for = Falling into a well at 18 months old |
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}} |
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'''Jessica McClure Morales''' (born March 26, 1986) became famous at the age of 18 months after falling into a [[water well|well]] in her aunt's backyard in [[Midland, Texas]], on October 14, 1987. Between that day and October 16, rescuers worked for 58 hours to free her from the {{convert|8|in|cm|adj=on|spell=in}} [[casing (borehole)|well casing]] {{convert|22|ft|m}} below the ground. The story gained worldwide attention (leading to some criticism as a [[media circus]]), and later became the subject of a 1989 television movie ''[[Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. As presented in it, a vital part of the rescue was the use of the then relatively new technology of [[Water jet cutter|waterjet cutting]]. |
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==Media impact== |
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[[CNN]], then a fledgling cable news outlet, was on the scene with around-the-clock coverage of the rescue effort. This massive media saturation of the ordeal prompted then-President [[Ronald Reagan]] to state that "everybody in America became godmothers and godfathers of Jessica while this was going on." |
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From the beginning, and throughout the incident, the switchboard for a local media outlet, [[KMID-TV]], was flooded with telephone calls from news organizations and private individuals around the world, seeking the latest information on rescue efforts—and in some cases, sharing their own insight into this and similar incidents. |
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In 1988, Jessica and her family appeared on ''[[Live with Regis and Kathie Lee]]'' to talk about the incident. |
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Ron Short, a muscular roofing contractor who was born without collar bones because of [[cleidocranial dysostosis]] and so could collapse his shoulders to work in cramped corners, arrived at the site and offered to go down the shaft; they accepted his offer, but did not use it.<ref>{{cite news |first= J. Michael |last= Kennedy |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-10-17/news/mn-3702_1_jessica-mcclure |title=Jessica Makes It to Safety—After 58 1/2 Hours |work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 17, 1987 |accessdate=November 24, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first= Ronald W. |last= Scott |url= http://www.jospt.org/members/getfile.asp?id=3740 |format= PDF |title= Cleidocranial Dysplasia: An Enigma Among Anomalies |journal= The Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy |date=November 1988 |volume= 10 |issue= 5 |pages= 184–8 |issn= 0190-6011 |accessdate=November 24, 2010}}</ref> |
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The photograph of Jessica being rescued fetched the [[1988 Pulitzer Prize|1988]] [[Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography|Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography]] to Scott Shaw of the ''[[Odessa American]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author= Staff |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1988 |title= 1988 Winners and Finalists |work= The Pulitzer Prizes |publisher= Columbia University |date= |accessdate=November 24, 2010}}</ref> |
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ABC made a television movie of the story in 1989, ''[[Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure]]'', starring [[Patty Duke]] and [[Beau Bridges]]. It featured many participants in the actual rescue and its coverage as extras. |
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On May 30, 2007, ''[[USA Today]]'' ranked Jessica number 22 on its list of "25 lives of indelible impact."<ref>{{cite web|last=Koch |first=Wendy |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/top25-people.htm |title=Lives of Indelible Impact |work= [[USA Today]] |date=May 29, 2007 |accessdate=November 24, 2010}}</ref> |
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In 2010, [[blues]] musician [[Charlie Musselwhite]] released an album titled "The Well". In the title song he credits Jessica's ordeal for inspiring him to quit drinking, stating, <blockquote>She was trapped in there with a broken arm in the dark, in a life-and-death situation she was singing nursery rhymes to herself and being brave...It made my problems seem tiny. So as a prayer to her and myself, I decided I wasn't going to drink till she got out of that well. It was like I was tricking myself, telling myself that I wasn't going to quit for good, just until she got out. It took three days to get her out, and I haven't had a drink since.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/09/how-baby-jessica-saved-blues-great-charlie-musselwhite.html |title= How 'Baby Jessica' Saved Blues Great Charlie Musselwhite |first= Greg |last= Kot |work= [[Chicago Tribune]] |date= September 28, 2010 |accessdate= June 4, 2013}}</ref></blockquote> |
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==After the incident== |
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[[File:President George H.W. Bush holds Jessica McClure in the Roosevelt Room at the White House (1989-07-19).jpg|thumb|[[George H. W. Bush]] holds Jessica in the White House.]] |
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Following Jessica's rescue on October 16, 1987, surgeons had to amputate a toe due to [[gangrene]] from loss of circulation while in the well. She also has a scar on her forehead where her head rubbed against the well casing. She has had 15 surgeries over the years, and has no first-hand memory of the event.<ref name=Blaney>{{cite web |url= http://www9.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20110325/US.Baby.Jessica/ |last= Blaney |first= Betsy |title= Baby Jessica turns 25, gains access to trust fund |work= Xfinity News |agency= [[Associated Press]] |date= March 25, 2011 |accessdate= March 25, 2011 |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20110326215656/http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20110325/US.Baby.Jessica/ |archivedate= March 26, 2011}}</ref> She graduated from [[Greenwood Independent School District|Greenwood High School]], in a small community near Midland, in May 2004. |
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On January 28, 2006, Jessica married Daniel Morales at a [[Church of Christ]] in a small rural community outside of Midland. They met at a day care center where his sister worked with her.<ref>{{cite news |last= Celizic |first= Mike |url= http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19165433/ |title= Baby Jessica 20 Years Later |publisher= [[MSNBC]] |date= November 6, 2007 |accessdate= November 24, 2010}}</ref> They have two children: Simon and Sheyenne. |
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On March 26, 2011, when Jessica turned 25, she received a [[escrow|trust fund]] of donations worth up to $800,000. Her father said she had discussed setting up a trust fund for the college education of her children. It had earlier helped in the purchase of her present home, which is less than {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} from the site of the 1987 incident.<ref name=Blaney/> |
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==In popular culture== |
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* [[Lucie Brock-Broido]]'s long narrative poem "Jessica from the Well" tells the story from Jessica's point of view, describing her as having a basic understanding of the physical and mythic elements of her situation. It has been reprinted numerous times.<ref>{{cite book |first= Lucie |last= Brock-Broido |chapter= Jessica, from the Well |title= A Hunger |location= New York |publisher= Knopf |year= 1988 |isbn= 9780394563374 }}</ref> |
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* In 1992's episode "[[Radio Bart]]", [[The Simpsons]] parodied the media storm that surrounded the incident, including a tribute song "We're Sending Our Love Down The Well". |
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* In the video of Michael Jackson's song "Man in the Mirror" (released January 1988) from 03:42 on 12 seconds are showing the rescue.<ref>{{cite news |last= Jackson |first= Michael |url= http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x33ozb_mickael-jackson-man-in-the-mirror_news |title= Music-video "Man in the Mirror" |publisher= [[DAILYMOTION]] |date= September 30, 2007 |accessdate= December 14, 2014}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Floyd Collins]], an early case of "man trapped in cave" which received similar coverage in 1925 |
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* [[2010 Copiapó mining accident]], a similarly highly covered event |
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* [[Kathy Fiscus]], a child who died after falling down a well in 1949 |
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* [[Alfredo Rampi]], a child who also died after falling down a well in 1981 |
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* [[Tikki Tikki Tembo]] |
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* [[The Well (1951 film)|The Well]] A little girl falls down a well, and the town unites to save her by drilling a parallel shaft. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* {{IMDb name|id=1532391|name=Jessica McClure}} |
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* [http://jpg1.lapl.org/00079/00079304.jpg Photo] of Jessica McClure and her mother Cissy, by photographer Paul Chinn, April 11, 1989. From the ''[[Los Angeles Herald-Examiner|Herald-Examiner]]'' Collection at the [[Los Angeles Public Library]] |
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*"[http://www.vqronline.org/articles/1988/summer/brockbroido-jessica-from-well/ Jessica, from the Well]" |
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{{Persondata |
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| NAME = McClure, Jessica |
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Baby Jessica |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American accident victim |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = March 26, 1986 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Midland, Texas, U.S. |
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| DATE OF DEATH = |
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}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:McClure, Jessica}} |
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[[Category:1986 births]] |
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[[Category:1987 in Texas]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:Accidents]] |
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[[Category:American children]] |
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[[Category:People from Midland, Texas]] |
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