Baby Jessica waits to collect $1M fund

[loser_user]

MIDLAND, Texas - The 18-month old girl pulled from a backyard well two decades ago is now a young wife and mother — one waiting to collect donations given to her during her ordeal that are expected to total $1 million or more.


The anniversary of Jessica McClure's rescue passed Tuesday like almost every other day in the 21-year-old's life, with no public comment from her about the event that once captivated viewers around the world.

The young wife and mother is living quietly in this West Texas oil patch city, the same one where she fell into the backyard well.

"Jessica's just been a wonderful, wonderful mother," said her father, Chip McClure. "That's always been Jessica's dream, to be a stay-at-home mom."

In 3 1/2 years, however, her quiet existence might change when all the donations sent to her when she was a baby mature into a payment of $1 million or more.

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Wow I forgot about this...glad to her she's been living well, and sad to hear about the guy who rescured her killing himself.

[madmom]

1. I heard on the radio this morning that she was gonna turn it into a trust fund for her son.

[blondeatlast]

2. I'm happy for her, and I believe the firefighter who rescued her would be as well.

It's a shame that his courageous act was sadly not enough to rescue himself from the depths of depression.

Given the devastation depression can wreak, it's also not surprising.