Jessica Today
After the incident, Jessica grew up mostly like a regular little girl. She went to school and high school, graduating in 2004 and meeting a man named Daniel Morales, whom she would marry in 2006 at the age of 19. The pair met at a daycare center and had since welcomed two children of their own into the world, a boy and a girl. In 2011, when Jessica turned 25, she inherited a huge trust fund of all the donations she had received over the years, totaling around $800,000.
(Original Caption) President Bush laughs as Jessica McClure, 3, tries on his glasses during a ceremony 11/1 where Sioux City, Iowa was awarded the Midland Community Service Award for that city’s efforts in last summer’s crash of United Airlines flight 232. Jessica achieved fame when her hometown of Midland, Texas joined together to save her from an abandoned well after being trapped 52 hours.
Her story was featured or mentioned in various songs and TV shows, and a 1989 TV movie of her story entitled Everybody’s Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure was released in 1989. Now named Jessica McClure Morales, she rarely speaks about the incident and seems to be living a happy, normal life.