Excavators uncover Fla. sinkhole
Sinkhole under house swallowed man Thursday
Excavators uncovered the sinkhole Monday that swallowed a Florida man in his bedroom. Now investigators are trying to determine how much danger the hole poses to others.
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<b>--SUPERS</b>--</p><p>:00-:04</p><p>WFTS</p><br /><p>:06-:11</p><p>Jeremy Bush</p><p>Brother of sinkhole victim</p><br /><p>:11-:19</p><p>Family Photo</p><br /><p>:19-:23</p><p>Jeremy Bush</p><p>Brother of sinkhole victim</p><br /><p>:23-:30</p><p>WFTS</p><br /><p>:30-:37</p><p>Hillsborough Co. </p><br /><p>:37-:43</p><p>Willie Puz</p><p>Hillsborough Co. Communications</p><br /><p>:47-:52</p><p>WFTS</p><br /><p>:52-1:09</p><p>Willie Puz</p><p>Hillsborough Co. Communications</p><p>Hillsborough Co. </p><br /><p>1:09-1:15</p><p>Jeremy Bush</p><p>Brother of sinkhole victim</p><br /><p>1:19-1:24</p><p>Hillsborough Co. </p><p>
<b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p><p>Florida excavators are spending their second day trying to get a look at the sinkhole that swallowed a man in his home last week.</p><p>It's a delicate process with huge machines; no one wants more ground to collapse. </p><p>As Emily Schmidt reports, workers say they won't be able to recover Jeff Bush's body, which makes it all the more painful for his family to watch.</p><p>
<b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p><p>IN SEFFNER FLORIDA, EVEN THIS HUGE SINKHOLE IS SMALLER THAN THE VOID JEREMY BUSH FEELS IN HIS FAMILY.</p><p>It's hard to see the hole. That's the hole I was in trying to get my brother out.</p><p>BUSH'S BROTHER JEFF WAS IN HIS BED THURSDAY NIGHT--AS THE ROOM STARTED TO COLLAPSE INTO A SINKHOLE.</p><p>I just heard a big large noise like a train came through the house, then we all ran towards the room and we all almost fell in the hole.</p><p>JEREMY BUSH JUMPED INTO THE HOLE, BUT COULDN'T SAVE HIS 36-YEAR-OLD BROTHER. NEITHER COULD RESCUERS. NOW, THE SEARCH IS OVER AS THE FOCUS TURNS TO KEEPING EVERYONE ELSE SAFE. THAT MEANS DEMOLISHING A FAMILY'S HOME.</p><p>So hopefully today we will have the blue house down to the ground and we'll have a better understanding of the size of the sinkhole. </p><p>AUTHORITIES THINK THE SINKHOLE IS 20 FEET WIDE AND MORE THAN 50 FEET DEEP, MAKING THE GROUND SO UNSTABLE THAT EVEN AIR MOVEMENT IS A POTENTIAL THREAT. </p><p>That's been a concern the entire operation, which is why we asked the helicopters to back off. Which is why whenever you see someone go up to the scene they were tethered.<pi></pi>So with the engineering firm, they're providing us the sound guidance to keep everyone safe in this operation b/c we don't want to see any more loss of life.</p><p>I want some kind of memories of him. I want his hats. I want his, I want his..I want anything that was in his room. </p><p>THE DEMOLITION IS STRANGELY QUIET-- PART CAUTION, PART RESPECT FOR A FAMILY WITH ALL THEIR REMAINING BELONGINGS --- ALL THEIR GRIEF-- NOW OUT FOR ANYONE TO SEE.</p><p>I'M EMILY SCHMIDT. </p><p>
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