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BY JEREMY TRUITT ANCHOR CHRISTIAN BRYANT
The already tragic story of the man swallowed by a Florida sinkhole has apparently taken
another turn for the worse. WSVN reports the recovery effort for Jeffrey Bush has been
discontinued.
“Rescue efforts to find the body of 37-year-old Jeffery Bush, who died from that sinkhole
Thursday night is now over. As for that home. They are going to demolish that home. The
rescue efforts to find Jeffery Bush have ended.” (Video via WSVN)
“They just learned that Jeffery Bush will not be recovered, they’re going to be demolishing
the house, possibly filling it with gravel. In essence he really has reached his final
resting place, something very difficult for the family to handle right now.” (Video
via Bay News 9)
The sinkhole opened Thursday night, swallowing the victim in seconds. In the aftermath, many
are wondering how this happened and why does it seem so many sinkholes happen in Florida?
The Sun Sentinel breaks down the science...
Rain water filtering through the soil begins to slowly erode the limestone below. Over
time, holes or voids start to form, which, after hundreds of years, grow large enough
to become unstable.
As a writer for The Atlantic puts it: “As biblical as this story sounds, the collapsing
Earth was no act of God...What feels capricious to those above is the toll of an active planet,
one of those improbable collisions of a human timescale and a geological one.”
Jeff’s brother, Jeremy Bush said he thanks the Lord for not taking his daughter and the
rest of the family who were in the house at the time. The brothers worked together as
landscapers before the tragedy.