A more recent famous rescue (relatively speaking) was in 1987, when 18-mo-old Jessica McClure fell down an 8" well shaft.

That was always a puzzle to me: she couldn't have stepped into it and gone down with both feet downward. It would seem that she either had to sit on the edge with her feet in the hole and push off, or someone picked her up and dropped her down the hole. But we will never know.

Sue