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The Girl In The Well
1987. Midland, Texas. Jessica McClure was just 18 months old when she unexpectedly fell into a water well. At the time, Midland was experiencing an oil bust and times were tough. But despite the town being down on its luck, its citizens would pull together and attempt to rescue Baby Jessica as the town, and the world, watched.
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June 18, 2023 was supposed to be a great day for Stockton Rush. He was piloting his Titan submersible down to see the wreckage of the RMS Titanic with Paul-Henri Nargeolet and three paying crewmembers aboard; Hamish Harding as well as Shahzada and Suleman Dawood. The three had paid a total of $750,000 for the opportunity. Rush wanted to get people down to the depths to feel the excitement he did whenever he went. Unfortunately, the sub was lost and after a huge search and rescue effort was launched, many wanted to know what had gone wrong...

Georgia, 1968. A college student is kidnapped from the hotel room she and her mom were staying in. Her captors place her in a fiberglass box, bury it in the ground, and demand $500,000 from her wealthy parents for her safe return. But while the crime was seemingly well planned, it wouldn't go smoothly.
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Sources: 83 Hours Till Dawn by Barbara Mackle and Gene Miller

The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash. 
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Sources:
My Version of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Crash ( I was there) (youtube.com)
Lynyrd Skynyrd: The devastating story of Street Survivors | Louder (loudersound.com)
AAR78-06.pdf (erau.edu)
Disturbing Details About The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash (grunge.com)
Lynyrd Skynyrd The Last Stop - An Emma Harrington Documentary (youtube.com)
10 Details About the Fatal Plane Crash that Was the Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd As We Knew It |
(historycollection.com)
 

Australian Ricky Megee became stranded in the Australian Outback for 71 days in 2006. When he walked out, he walked out as a skeleton.
Source:  Left for Dead: How I Survived 71 Days in the Outback by Ricky Megee & Greg McLean
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April 26, 1976. Artist Lauren Elder is entering her thirties and looking for inspiration. When the opportunity of a day trip into California’s Sierra Mountains via small aircraft becomes available, it seems like just the type of thing she needs. Though it will turn out to be the last thing. 
Source: And I Alone Survived by Lauren Elder
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