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Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989)

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure poster
Directed by
Mel Damski
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An 18-month-old girl falls into an abandoned well in her aunt's backyard. Rescuers work for hours to dig a tunnel and free her while the town watches and waits.

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What happens

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure is a 1989 dramatic television film for ABC. It is based on the true story of the rescue of 18-month-old Jessica McClure who fell into an abandoned water well while playing in her aunt's backyard. It featured, as extras, many participants in the actual rescue and its coverage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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