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Baby Jessica

Best Article Arts Media

Death on the CNN Curve

The nation watched live as Robert O’Donnell rescued Baby Jessica from that well in Texas in October, 1987. Then they stopped watching, and Robert O’Donnell was lost without the attention.

Lisa Belkin New York Times Magazine Jul 1995 30min Permalink