One of the most shocking and tragic events in 2013 was the sudden disappearance of Jeff Bush, a 37-year-old landscape from Seffner in Florida. Bush slept in his bed on the night of February 28, when a massive sink opened under his bedroom and swallowed him.
His brother Jeremy, who was in another room, heard a deafening accident, screamed and ran to lend a hand, but he did not see or hear Jeff.
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“We heard Jeff's scream,” Rachel said ABC ACTION News then. “We ran the corridor, cast light and opened the door and all we saw was a big old hole, and Jeff disappeared.”
Jeremy jumped into the hole to try to save his brother, but he had to be attracted to a safe and sound place by the deputy sheriff of Hillsborough, when the land around him was still closing.
“The floor was still giving up and the dirt was still falling, but I didn't care. I wanted to save my brother,” Jeremy said The Guardian. “But I just couldn't do anything.”
“I could swear that I heard his name shouting to help him.”
Rescue efforts were soon canceled because the hole was considered too unstable and unsafe to enter. Rescuers were not able to locate Bush's body on the sink, which with him swallowed the bedroom furniture.
The sink that claimed that Jeff's life was not typical. Care is common in Florida, where the limestone substrate is eroded by sour groundwater, forming underground niches that may collapse when the surface soil becomes too hefty or humid.
However, most of the hefty holes are compact and gradual and can be detected and repaired before they cause sedate damage. The sink that Jeff was huge and sudden and appeared without any warning signs.
It is estimated that it is about 20 feet width and 60 feet depth and sometimes expanded, forcing the evacuation of nearby houses.
The cause of the sink remains unknown, but some experts suggested that it could be caused by hefty rainfall, drought or human activity, such as pumping water or drilling.
The sink was also opened again in 2015, two years after the incident, creating a modern hole in the same place. The property in which Jeff's house once stood was bought by Hillsborough and transformed into a memory park for him and other sink victims.
Jeff's family and friends remember him as a nice and demanding -working man who loved his five children and liked fishing and camping. His tragic death is a reminder of the unpredictable and powerful forces of nature that can hit at any time.
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