On October 14, 1987, eighteen-month-old Jessica McClure fell into a well, igniting a 56-hour sprint to free her.
Bolstered by recollection, exclusive interviews, and deep local knowledge, Inside the Well is the definitive book on a West Texas story that became a twentieth-century media phenomenon..
Lunsford\'s gripping firsthand narrative documents not just the play-by-play action of the Rescue itself but also the lives of the rescuers, their triumph, and, for some, their ultimate tragedy.
Later in life as a reporter for the Midland Reporter-Telegram , Lunsford was writing a retrospective on the Rescue when he realized that much of the story had not yet been told.
CNN inaugurated 24-hour reporting, birthing the round-the-clock disaster coverage commonplace on cable news today.
Every major news station--local, regional, national, and even global--was represented.
There was a lot to see.
Also on the scene was fourth-grader Lance Lunsford, who craned his neck over the fence to try to watch the events unfold.
Firemen, policemen, roofing contractors, oil drillers, mining engineers, cowpokes, and nosy neighbors all worked together, improvising their way to the story\'s happy conclusion: when paramedics hoisted Baby Jessica into the limelight.
The oil boomtown of Midland, Texas, supplied a ragtag crew of rescuers.
On October 14, 1987, eighteen-month-old Jessica McClure fell into a well, igniting a 56-hour sprint to free her
