Episode Details

Do you remember October 1987? If you were around, there is no way that you missed the live CNN coverage of Jessica McClure stuck in a well (essentially, an 8-inch pipe; "well" is generous) in Midland, TX. It was the second time that CNN's live reporting attracted millions of viewers (the first was when The Challenger exploded the year before). May we also suggest watching 'Everybody's Baby' the TV movie with Patty Duke! The YouTube we link to has commercials! It's great.

Happy to report that Jessica is thriving today! 

Photos from People -> 

Baby Jessica: 30 Years After Being Rescued From The Well | PEOPLE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksZMIvHNeJ0 - 

Everybody’s Baby - 1989

https://youtu.be/4WVY4evvRaM?si=8IynMR-jFIaB3H9h

this version has COMMERCIALS! 

• News! Tiananmen Square
• VHS players
• Toyota Carola 
• Salon Selectives
• “Real Food” which means beef - with Julia Louis Dreyfus and Lauren Bacall 

Here’s the house - https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3309-Tanner-Dr-Midland-TX-79703/50140151_zpid/

COLUMN ONE : A Hero’s Fame Leads to Tragedy : Helping to pull little Jessica McClure from a Texas well made firefighter Robert O’Donnell a star. But the limelight soon turned to darkness. - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-24-mn-5474-story.html

Photos from - 

https://www.biography.com/celebrities/baby-jessica

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