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Baby Jessica! Did you catch this? SPOILER!

posted 10 years ago by Gabe1972
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During Valerie's voiceover, she talks about meeting Ruth and speaks about the war in America getting worse and reaching London. Just as she says the word "London", the footage being shown is of a baby, who is all bandaged up, being carried by someone in a uniform. It suddenly dawned on me that this is footage of baby Jessica McClure, a baby who was rescued from a well in Midland, Texas in October of 1987. This played out on national TV and just about everyone was glued to the TV sets to see the outcome.

I knew nearly immediately what the footage was and I was just curious if anyone else noticed this and remembered it. For those younger it won't really mean anything, as well as for those not from the US.

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[–] Thunder_Dome 10 years ago

Wow, blast from the past. I haven't seen this movie since it came out on home video so I don't remember the scene but I absolutely 100% remember the real-life incident. I was 6 and remember watching it with my Mom.

[–] Gabe1972 10 years ago

I think pretty much everyone was glued to the TV for that event. Today, it would probably be just another news bite, but back then, when there wasn't 600 channels, including a plethora of news channels, it was a huge event, evidenced by the fact that you remember it even though you were only six years old. I was fifteen at the time and remember it quite well. I even remember the stool I was sitting on in the neighbor's kitchen when she was actually pulled out of the well.

A sad outcome regarding the guy who actually pulled her out, though. I guess he couldn't take the fame, or the eventual lack of, maybe. Who knows?

It was just interesting to see this in a film, especially being used as footage for a war.

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[–] delriosong 8 years ago

Good catch. I recognized that footage as well.

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[–] Milk_Tray_Guy 8 years ago

I hadn't heard of the case (I'm in the UK) but I've just been reading up on it. Interesting!

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