page_title: Rescue of Jessica McClure
hierarchical_section_title: Rescue of Jessica McClure
caption_attribution_description: English: President Bush holds Jessica McClure during the Midland Community Spirit Award Presentation in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. The award was established by the town of Midland, TX and awarded to Sioux City, IA in recognition of the community's response to the crash of United Airlines Flight 232 on July 19, 1989
context_page_description: Jessica McClure Morales fell into a well in her aunt's backyard in Midland, Texas on October 14, 1987, at the age of 18 months. Between that day and October 16, rescuers worked for 56 hours to free her from the 8-inch well casing 22 feet below the ground. The story gained worldwide attention, and later became the subject of a 1989 ABC television movie Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure.
context_section_description: Jessica McClure Morales (born March 26, 1986; also known as "Baby Jessica" in 1987) fell into a well in her aunt's backyard in Midland, Texas on October 14, 1987, at the age of 18 months. Between that day and October 16, rescuers worked for 56 hours to free her from the 8-inch (20 cm) well casing 22 feet (6.7 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 ABC television movie Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure.
caption: McClure in 1989
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