Baby Jessica now 19 reportedly marries

mark'smama Posted: Jan 30, 2006 12:54 PM

Baby Jessica now 19 reportedly marries

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - ``Baby Jessica,'' whose dramatic rescue from an abandoned Texas well was televised across the country 18 years ago, got married in a private ceremony, People magazine reported on its Web site.

Crews struggled for 58 hours to rescue Jessica McClure after she fell into an 8-inch-wide pipe in October 1987.

The celebrity magazine reported that McClure, now 19, married Daniel Morales, 32, at a rural church outside Midland on Saturday. A sign on the door instructed guests not to take pictures or video, the magazine said.

The two met at a day-care center where Morales' sister worked with McClure, according to the magazine.

The case of 18-month-old Jessica created a nationwide sensation. Emergency crews rescued her - a dramatic moment covered on live television - after digging a parallel shaft and then breaking through the wall of the well.

jeanla4c Posted: Jan 30, 2006 12:56 PM

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OMG, I remember when this happened. WOW.

FDWedding07 Posted: Jan 30, 2006 12:59 PM

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Congrats to Baby Jessica!! I cant believe this was 18 years ago!! I am getting old!

alwaysz22 Posted: Jan 30, 2006 01:02 PM

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I was obsessed with this story when I was littel, they made a tv movie of the story and I taped it and watched it like everyday....i can't believe it was 18 years ago

smurray Posted: Jan 30, 2006 01:17 PM

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OMG I remember when this happened. I cried w/ my mother for the whole time watching on tv

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Meaghan729 Posted: Jan 30, 2006 02:15 PM

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I remember that! even though I was only 5. we used to play the baby jessica game in which we would dig a whole in the sandbox and throw a cabbage patch kid in and try to get her out using only things inthe backyard.

I was such a weird kid...

mark'smama Posted: Jan 30, 2006 02:27 PM

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Posted by Meaghan729

I remember that! even though I was only 5. we used to play the baby jessica game in which we would dig a whole in the sandbox and throw a cabbage patch kid in and try to get her out using only things inthe backyard.

I was such a weird kid...

that is so wrong

Meaghan729 Posted: Jan 30, 2006 02:30 PM

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i was in kindergarten - we didn't know what was going on!!!!

ZuzusPetals Posted: Jan 30, 2006 02:51 PM

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Wow I just got chills. I was so young at the time and remember being so concerned. I would ask my mom constantly, 'did they get baby jessica out yet?' I watched the news all the time with my mom hoping they would get her out - it was so horrible! Thank goodness she is okay ... too bad shes not from LI I would have liked to see her on the boards

glinda_goodwitch Posted: Jan 30, 2006 02:56 PM

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I totally remember that! I was 8 at the time and kept thinking how could a baby fall down a well?

BernandRob Posted: Jan 30, 2006 03:41 PM

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Posted by glinda_goodwitch

I totally remember that! I was 8 at the time and kept thinking how could a baby fall down a well?

me too I was 8 I really didn't understand what was going on

werock0709 Posted: Jan 30, 2006 04:05 PM

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Congrats to her.

Soon2BeMrsD Posted: Jan 30, 2006 04:07 PM

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good for her!

BklynItaliana Posted: Jan 30, 2006 04:18 PM

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I was 3, i don't remember it.

kam0813 Posted: Jan 30, 2006 04:35 PM

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i was 4...i don't remember it

LaurenluvsTJ Posted: Jan 30, 2006 04:49 PM

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OMG some of you are soo young! I totally remember when this happened, I guess if it was 18 years ago I was 10. I guess she's really not 'baby' Jessica anymore.

mark'smama Posted: Jan 30, 2006 04:51 PM

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Posted by LaurenluvsTJ

OMG some of you are soo young! I totally remember when this happened, I guess if it was 18 years ago I was 10. I guess she's really not 'baby' Jessica anymore.

tell me about it. I was 14 when this happened

wematched Posted: Jan 30, 2006 07:57 PM

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Time flies...

missgwife Posted: Jan 30, 2006 08:34 PM

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I do remember baby Jessica's story.
I'm happy to hear she's moved on from that part of her live.
I hope the media let her live without getting into her life.