Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989) on Netflix
While she plays in her aunt's yard, 18-month-old Jessica McClure falls into an abandoned water well. Police Chief Richard Czech and Fire Chief James Roberts plan a parallel shaft to reach her.
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Plot summary
Cissy McClure is babysitting several young children at the house of Jessica's aunt in Midland, Texas. When she steps inside to answer a phone call, the children are left alone in the large backyard, and on her return 18-month-old Jessica is missing. The other children point to the narrow opening of an abandoned well. Cissy puts her ear to it and can just make out Jessica's voice from deep below. Officers Andy Glasscock and Manny Beltran arrive first and are unsure how to get her out. Dozens of emergency workers, reporters and onlookers gather as an earth-mover digs around the pipe; the vibration sends Jessica deeper. Police Chief Richard Czech and Fire Chief James Roberts settle on a parallel shaft, 28 feet down through solid rock, and a tunnel across to her.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989)
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- Rodney Wunsch, a 23-year-old reporter during the rescue, played himself in the film after an on-scene stint of 35 hours giving live updates every hour; the role, won after three auditions, was his professional acting debut.
- The well shaft was recreated on a sound stage at Culver Studios, and although Jessica was portrayed by twins in the drama, a lifelike doll represented her for scenes inside the well.
- Because roughly 200 people had been involved at the scene of the rescue, some of the rescuers were combined into composite characters to keep the film's number of characters manageable.
