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Jimmie OsborneKathy Fiscus Kathy Fiscus American girl who died in a well (1945–1949) Kathryn Anne Fiscus (August 21, 1945 – April 8, 1949) was a three-year-old girl who died after falling into a well in San Marino, California. The attempted rescue, broadcast live on KTLA, was a landmark event in American television history.[1][2] In April 1949, reporter Stan Chambers covered the Kathy Fiscus tragedy for KTLA. Rescue attempt On the afternoon[3] of April 8, 1949, Kathy was playing with her nine-year-old sister, Barbara, and cousin, Gus, in a field in San Marino when she fell down the 14-inch-wide (36 cm) shaft of an abandoned water well. Her father, David, worked for the California Water and Telephone Co., which had drilled the… (Source: Wikipedia)
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