What 'Baby Jessica' is doing today

Chilean Miners Spark Searches on Other Rescues

The Chilean miners have inspired the world. They've also inspired massive Web interest on other miraculous, against-all-odds rescues from times past.

While the 33 miners were being hoisted to the surface earlier this week, Web searches were not only soaring on the brave men and their families, but also on Jessica McClure, better known as "Baby Jessica."

Jessica McClure was just 18 months old when she fell down a well in 1987. The ensuing race to save her was national news for days as volunteers worked around the clock. Finally, rescuers reached her and brought Jessica to the surface, to a mixture of applause and tears. All told, she fared surprisingly well.

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More than two decades later, people still haven't forgotten about Jessica. Recent Web searches on both "baby jessica" and "jessica mcclure" soared into the thousands. There was also significant interest on her husband, Daniel Morales, and the couple's son, Simon. Jessica and Daniel met at a daycare center, where Jessica worked with Daniel's sister.

Jessica, now 24, stands to inherit a sizable sum of money on her 25th birthday, thanks to the donations that were put into a trust at the time of her fall. She recently gave an interview on the "Today" show, which you can watch here. She and her family still live in Texas.

A more recent rescue also surged in the Search box. Remember Kiki, the young boy who flashed the million-dollar smile after being freed from the rubble of the Haitian earthquake? Web searches on "kiki haiti" and "kiki haiti pictures" both zoomed upward during the Chilean miners' rescue. We aren't sure where young Kiki is now, but we hope his smile hasn't faded.

Lastly, there's Ramon Sabella. If you don't remember him, you probably weren't around in 1972, when Mr. Sabella's plane crashed in the Andes Mountains. He and a group of others bucked the odds and survived the ordeal. Their story was documented in the movie "Alive."

Photos: The dramatic rescue effort of Chilean miners

After Sabella commented on the Chile situation, Web searches on "ramon sabella" surged into breakout status. Sabella says he was overwhelmed by the attention he received after being rescued. But according to a popular blog from CNN, he remarked, "If the miners can hang on and be normal, spend time with family and friends, they can manage not to be overwhelmed. They'll be OK."