<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Daniel Morales (m . 2006; div. 2017) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Jessica McClure Morales (born March 26, 1986) became famous on October 14, 1987, at the age of 18 months after she fell into a well in her aunt's backyard in Midland, Texas . Between that day and October 16, rescuers worked around - the - clock for 58 consecutive hours to free her from the eight - inch (20 cm) well casing 22 feet (6.7 m) below the ground . The story gained worldwide attention (leading to some criticism as a media circus), and later became the subject of a 1989 ABC television movie Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure . As presented in the film, the relatively new technology of waterjet cutting was a vital part of the rescue . </P> <P> McClure's rescue proved to be a much more difficult ordeal than was first anticipated . Within hours of beginning the emergency procedure, the Midland Fire and Police Departments devised a plan that involved drilling another shaft parallel to the well and then drilling a tunnel at a right angle across to it . Enlisting the help of a variety of local (often out - of - work) oil - drillers, the Midland officials had hoped to free McClure in minutes . However, the first workers to arrive on the scene found their tools barely adequate to penetrate the hard rock around the well . It took about six hours to drill the shaft and longer to drill the tunnel, because the jackhammers used were designed for drilling downward, rather than sideways . A mining engineer was eventually brought in to help supervise and coordinate the rescue effort . Forty - five hours after McClure fell into the well, the shaft and tunnel were finally completed . </P>

Who was the girl who fell in the well