06/01/04
10:11 AM
MIDLAND,
TEXAS (AP) -- She held the attention of the
nation and the world as a toddler 17 years ago
after she fell into an abandoned water
pipe.
Crews
in Texas struggled for 58 hours to rescue
18-month-old Jessica McClure from the
eight-inch-wide pipe.
She's
18 now, and Friday night she became a
high-school graduate.
The
teen joined 113 other seniors from Greenwood
High School near Midland in receiving their
diplomas.
The
Midland Reporter-Telegram reports McClure
clutched a Gerber daisy as she stepped forth to
accept her diploma.
The
newspaper reports nothing in the commencement
ceremony distinguished McClure from her senior
classmates. It also reports no unusual publicity
surrounding the rural high school's commencement
in Midland.
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