Everybody’s Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989) (TV)
Overview
Director:Mel Damski
Writer (WGA):David Eyre Jr. (written by)
Release Date:21 May 1989 (USA)
Genre:Drama more
Plot Summary:Based on the true story of baby Jessica McClure who fell into a drain pipe in her back yard while playing…
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Plot Keywords:Baby / Well / Rescue / Texas / Based On True Story
Awards:1 nomination
User Comments:Only a Parent Knows
Cast (Cast overview, first billed only)
Beau Bridges … Czech
Pat Hingle … Roberts
Roxana Zal … Cissy
Will Oldham … Chip
Whip Hubley … O’Donnell
Robin Gammell … Kaye
Walter Olkewicz … Glasscock
Rudy Ramos … Beltran
Jack Rader
Guy Stockwell … Jones
Daryl Anderson … Armstrong
Mills Watson … Boler
Bo Foxworth
Robin Frates
Don Hood
Jessica Morales née McClure (born March 26, 1986), became famous at the age of 18 months after falling into a Midland, Texas well on October 14, 1987. Rescuers worked for 58 hours to free “Baby Jessica” from an 8-inch-wide pipe. The story gained worldwide attention (leading to some criticism as a media circus), and later became the subject of a 1989 ABC TV movie, Everybody’s Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure, starring Patty Duke and Beau Bridges.As presented in the movie, a vital part of the rescue was the use of the then relatively new technology of waterjet cutting.
The photograph of her being rescued fetched the 1988 Pulitzer prize for spot news photography to Scott Shaw of Odessa (Texas) American.
Since her rescue, she has had 15 surgeries over the years. She has no first-hand memory of the incident. McClure graduated from Greenwood High School, near Midland, in May 2004.
On January 28, 2006, Jessica married Daniel Morales at a Church of Christ in a small rural community outside of Midland, Texas. The couple met at a day-care center where Morales’s sister worked with the bride. Later that year, Jessica delivered a son, Simon.
On May 30, 2007, USA Today named Jessica one of the “25 lives of indelible impact”, ranking her at #22.
When Jessica turns 25, she stands to be paid a trust of donations from “well-wishers”, rumored to be in excess of $1,000,000.
The elusive Jessica McClure, known as “Baby Jessica” to the world, has agreed to an interview on the Today show.
On Monday, McClure will do a one-on-one interview on the Today show with Matt Lauer, according msnbc.com.
The website refers to a recent USA Today story that named 25 people whose lives most moved Americans during the last quarter century. One of those was McClure, who at 18 months old in 1987 fell down a well in Midland and whose 58-hour rescue captured the nation’s attention.
During round-the-clock coverage, McClure captured the hearts of the world when she sang songs and recited nursery rhymes during her harrowing experience.