Jessica McClure Morales, the woman who rose to global prominence as "Baby Jessica" in 1987, released a cryptic social media post after she was arrested following an alleged domestic disturbance.
"Note to self: Happiness is letting go of what you assume your life is supposed to be like right now, and sincerely appreciating it for everything that it is," Morales, now 40, wrote in a Midland, Texas, on Oct. 14, 1987.
Morales was taken into custody Saturday night by the Midland County Sheriff's Office at her home in Midland County, according to Baby Jessica," and the nation watched in awe as first responders drilled a parallel shaft and horizontal tunnel through rock to access her location, KMID/KPEJ reported.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS
Nearly 60 hours after she fell in, Morales was pulled out and safely rescued. When the baby was rescued, her head was bandaged, and she was covered with dirt and bruises.
A poll taken by The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press in 1997 that measured coverage of Princess Diana's death earlier that year found that in the previous decade, only Jessica's rescue rivaled the Paris car crash in worldwide attention.
Chip McClure, Morales' father, remembered being "absolutely floored" by the media coverage once the family got to the hospital with her.
Then-Vice President George Bush and his wife, Barbara, former Midland residents, visited. President Ronald Reagan called.
Fox News Digital's Gregory Norman-Diamond, Greg Wehner and The Associated Press contributed to this report.