MIDLAND, Texas, May 31, 2004
'Baby Jessica' Graduates
Nation Transfixed In 1987 By Rescue Of Baby From Texas Oil Well
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A rescue worker carries 18-month-old Jessica McClure in this Oct.16,1987 file photo, shortly after she was rescued from an abandoned water well at Midland,Texas. (AP (file))
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Interactive Nine From A Mine Some are calling what happened in a Pennsylvania mine in July, 2002 a miracle. Here's a look at the rescue that gave the nation a much-needed happy ending.
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Photo Essay Rescued! Army supply clerk Jessica Lynch becomes an American hero.
Crews struggled for 58 hours to rescue 18-month-old Jessica McClure from the eight-inch-wide pipe.
On Friday night she became a high-school graduate.
The 18-year-old Midland-area girl joined 113 other seniors from Greenwood High School near Midland in receiving their diplomas.
The Midland Reporter-Telegram reports McClure clutched a Gerber daisy as she stepped forth to accept her diploma at Midland College's Chaparral Center.
The newspaper reports nothing in the commencement ceremony distinguished McClure from her 112 senior classmates. It also reports no unusual publicity surrounding the rural high school's commencement in Midland.
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