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UnrepentantLiberal

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Fri Mar 1, 2013, 10:05 PM Mar 2013

Florida man swallowed by sinkhole in bedroom

A Florida man fell into a sinkhole that opened suddenly Thursday night beneath the bedroom of his suburban Tampa home, calling out to his brother for help as he fell, the brother said Friday.

"I heard a loud crash, like a car coming through the house," Jeremy Bush told CNN affiliate WFTS. "I heard my brother screaming and I ran back there and tried going inside his room, but my old lady turned the light on and all I seen was this big hole, a real big hole, and all I saw was his mattress."

Bush frantically tried to rescue his brother, Jeff Bush, by standing in the hole and digging at the rubble with a shovel until police arrived and pulled him out, saying the floor was still collapsing.

More: http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/us/florida-sinkhole/index.html

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Florida man swallowed by sinkhole in bedroom (Original Post) UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 OP
Those poor men ... zbdent Mar 2013 #1
Amazing story, but so sad. NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #2
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