Sure , you remember their stories . You might even be capable to remember their figure . But here ’s the real interrogation : it ’s 7 am , do you know where these kid are right now ?
The tale :
Back in 1987 , an 18 - calendar month old " Baby Jessica" McClure beguile the body politic ’s attention when she tumbled into an one-time well in her aunt ’s backyard . pinch workers pipe fresh air and heat into the well , and expert miners spent 58 straight hours digging a parallel diaphysis 22 fundament into the ground to rescue her . While healthy at the moment ,
The Today Show
reported that Jessica has undergone 15 surgery and 9 rakehell transfusions since reemerging .
Adult Jessica seems to be , pardon the idiom , well - adjusted . Now 21 , she ’s married , has a shaver , and according to all reports , stay thoroughly down - to - earth . In fact , she ’s refuse to get pliant surgery to cover up her scars because it reminds her to be thankful for her life . Of of course , she ’ll probably be even more grateful for her spirit in 4 years . That ’s when a trust fund , set up up in her name with public contribution , should kick a few million dollars her way of life .
Back in 2001 , Danny Almonte did n’t just pitch his Bronx , NY team to a third - place finish in the Little League World Series ; the 12 - year old phenom also peddle a perfect biz along the way . Of course , there was just one problem : wrick out little Danny was n’t so little . After a rival Staten Island squad hired a private detective to reckon into the fount , Sports Illustrated follow - up with their own investigating . Unbeknownst to Danny , his don had falsified his birth certificate by two year to hand his son an sleeve up on the contention .
The Post - Puberty Report :
Well , to be precise , the story actually started post - pubescence . That said , while the team was stripped of their Little League deed , all the players include Danny Almonte were cleared of any wrongly - doing ( since he did n’t know his own years at the clip ) . As for where Danny is today : after helping his high school team pull ahead 2 public shoal athletic league championships ( and garnering MVP laurels ) ,
ESPN
is report that he ’s now pitching professionally , throwing " 90s plus tight - balls" for the Southern Illinois Miners .
PLUS : We arrest up with careen ' n ' roll ’s favorite baby , a 13 - year old binding manikin and the kid who outspelled Dan Quayle after the fracture .
According to
CommonGate
, when Nirvana ab initio brainstormed on CD graphics , they started by looking at stemma picture taking of baby swimming . But when the costs proved too squiffy for their slight notecase , the band hired a lensman who in spell paid a friend ’s duo $ 200 to use their 4 - calendar month old baby in the shoot . Supposedly Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love were so proud of with the pic , they vow to take the kid out to dinner when he grew up as thanks for his contribution to the album . As for the hook and dollar also feature in the pic ? Those were really Photoshopped into the scene later .
Now 16 , Spencer Elden has been featured in various Nirvana documentaries and magazine features . He claims to be a boastful fan of the ring , and majestic of his child working class for the album . And while there ’s no password on whether Courtney Love has observe up on her promise to feed the kid , Nirvana ’s is n’t the only record album on which he ’s been featured . Elden also appears on the cover of Skinny Puppy founder cEvin Key ’s 2003 record album
The Dragon Experience
.
In 1992 , Vice President Dan Quayle made a pit stay in Trenton , NJ , where he acted as judge in a 6th grad spelling bee . Unfortunately for Quayle , the add-in he ’d been give had n’t been spell - checked . So when William Figueroa , who ’d been bus in for the event , spelled out his word correctly , Quayle secern him " You ’re close , but you leave a little something off . The e on the terminal . “ The pressing immediately picked up the story , Figueroa appeared on Letterman and Quayle ’s report as a genial dwarf was solidified in the public ’s brain .
Not good , from what we ’ve read . In 2004 , a
New York Times
reporter met up with Figueroa , who ’d since send packing out of gamey school , had his first tiddler by 16 , two more by age 24 , and was reportedly working a low paying job .
Plus , a few more nestling you might ’ve forgotten about : Louise Brown , the world ’s first test tube baby , has had her own baby . Elian Gonzalesis now a Cuban celeb , has a lot of pets , gets front row bum to Castro lecture , and apparently helped land his father a plush gig in Cuba ’s national assembly . AndHeather DeLoach , who tapped trip the light fantastic toe her elbow room into MTV viewers ' center as a pat - dance bee in Blind Melon ’s " No Rain" television , has since land several acting job , including 2 instalment of ER .
Special thanks to Kara Kovalchik for all her research study on this piece .
