jessica mcclure morales (march 26, 1986), better called baby jessica, became famous at eighteen months because of an ordeal in midland, texas in which she tumbled into a well on wednesday, october 14, 1987. between then and october 16, workers spent almost 58 hours to free her from the 8 inch wide well casing 22 feet below the ground. this story gained worldwide attention, and became the subject of a television movie two years following the incident.