TX Well Rescue Kid Graduates from High School! :)

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TX Well Rescue Kid Graduates from High School! :)

#1 Postby Skywatch_NC » Mon May 31, 2004 10:20 pm

Just heard on my local news channel WRAL-TV5...that Jessica McClure who was rescued from a well in 1987...graduated this past weekend!! :D

CONGRATULATIONS JESSICA!!!! :D :wink:

Eric 8-)
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#2 Postby Josephine96 » Mon May 31, 2004 10:31 pm

Cool beans.. I think I heard about that story.. Way to go Jessica :)
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#3 Postby Lindaloo » Mon May 31, 2004 11:13 pm

AW!! Congrats little Jessica. :D
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#4 Postby Miss Mary » Tue Jun 01, 2004 8:09 am

Eric - I'm glad someone posted this story. Congrats Jessica!!! I remember when the story broke. It was so tragic - 58 hours trapped in a well? And she was only what, 18 months old? Each day I'd check the news, hoping they rescued her. I remember when I heard the wonderful news that they did - I was grocery shopping and word spread thru out the store. Complete strangers began talking and smiling as they walked up and down the aisle. You felt compelled to say to everyone - did you hear, they got Baby Jessica out of the well? It was just a wonderful day.

Mary
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#5 Postby Josephine96 » Tue Jun 01, 2004 8:11 am

Mom told me a story once about a little kid being stuck in a well.. I think this was the story
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#6 Postby Miss Mary » Tue Jun 01, 2004 8:25 am

After your post John, I tried searching for a current article about her graduation but found other links too. I guess I forgot there was a movie made about her story. And one site I went to said she's had 15 surgeries since the accident. I never knew that - poor girl. Here are a few to read, if you're interested:

Here's the current article I wanted to find:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/ ... 0408.shtml

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0097303/

http://texnews.com/texas97/jess101497.html

http://www.freep.com/news/nw/qjess14.htm

Mary
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#7 Postby GalvestonDuck » Tue Jun 01, 2004 8:31 am

Yup, I remember the movie well. Patty Duke played the social worker! :)
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#8 Postby WEATHER53 » Tue Jun 01, 2004 5:03 pm

My daughter was born in 1987. I think the McClure saga is one of the top 5 most intensely followed human interest stories that I can ever recall.
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#9 Postby Stephanie » Tue Jun 01, 2004 6:02 pm

I can't believe it's been that long ago!

CONGRATULATIONS JESSICA!
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