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US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by igben(m): 8:49pm On Mar 01, 2013 |
A man is missing, presumed dead, after a 30 foot sinkhole opened up under his bedroom in the middle of the night. Jeff Bush screamed for help then disappeared, his brother Jerry told rescue crews in Tampa. The incident occurred at around 11pm on Thursday in a suburb of Tampa when, the brother told the reporter, he heard a large crash, then his brother’s cries. “I heard a loud crash like a car coming through the house and I heard my brother screaming,” Jerry Bush, said. He managed to get into his 36-year-old brother’s room and was shocked by what he saw “All I seen was this big hole, real big hole and all I seen was his mattress.” Bush jumped into the hole and started digging. “I couldn’t find him. I thought I could hear him holler for me to help him.” He added: “I know in my heart, he’s dead.” The brother then had to be rescued by a sheriff's deputy, Douglas Duvall. "When he (Duvall) went into the bedroom and saw the person in there, without thinking of his own safety he got down on his hands and knees, reached down because the subject was struggling to get out of the hole," Hillsborough County Lt Donald Morris told WTSP. "He managed to get him out of the sinkhole before it took him away as well." Emergency crews also had to abandon further attempts to reach the missing man as the sinkhole was too dangerous to enter. They were able to lower engineering equipment into the hole - which cannot be seen from the house, but which is estimated to be up to 30 feet across - but there was still no sign of life, the spokesman said. Janell Wheeler told the Tampa Bay Times newspaper she was inside the house with four other adults and a child when the sinkhole opened. "It sounded like a car hit my house," she said. "I just want my nephew," she added through tears. Neighbours on either side of the house have been evacuated and the building itself has been condemned. “The entire house is on the sinkhole,” the fire spokesman said. culled from http://weirdnews247..com/ 1 Like
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Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by TableLeg(m): 11:53am On Mar 02, 2013 |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by ozodimgba(m): 11:55am On Mar 02, 2013 |
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Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by searchcorp(m): 11:57am On Mar 02, 2013 |
Table Leg : Poo. happens |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by venorite(m): 11:57am On Mar 02, 2013 |
If to say name naija. Dem for Don set up commitee to look into the cause. Thank God things like this don't happening our country. 1 Like |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by iamswizz(m): 11:58am On Mar 02, 2013 |
Begining Times 2 Likes |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by braxjay(m): 11:58am On Mar 02, 2013 |
natural underground. thank God he's alive to tell the story |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by lefolksy(f): 11:58am On Mar 02, 2013 |
RIP dude 1 Like |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by kekakuz(m): 11:59am On Mar 02, 2013 |
No where is save the end is near 1 Like |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by ektbear: 12:04pm On Mar 02, 2013 |
Lord Jesus. 1 Like |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by alphaconde(m): 12:04pm On Mar 02, 2013 |
Too much development. 1 Like |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by baby124: 12:06pm On Mar 02, 2013 |
Death can come at anytime. Even in the safety of your room. 1 Like |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by CLIQBOY(m): 12:07pm On Mar 02, 2013 |
venorite: If to say name naija. Dem for Don set up commitee to look into the cause. Thank God things like this don't happening our country.English is dead o 7 Likes |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by Afam4eva(m): 12:09pm On Mar 02, 2013 |
braxjay: natural underground.Where did you get this from? 1 Like |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by OkikiOluwa1(m): 12:10pm On Mar 02, 2013 |
OMG! That house! |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by Nobody: 12:11pm On Mar 02, 2013 |
Too bad___ |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by Goldenheart(m): 12:13pm On Mar 02, 2013 |
Movies... |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by talktimi(m): 12:17pm On Mar 02, 2013 |
GEJ is at fault, he is a retardeen |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by 190theclown: 12:18pm On Mar 02, 2013 |
rotfl at the sam loco's pic laff wan kill me die for here 1 Like |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by yuzedo: 12:20pm On Mar 02, 2013 |
A COUNTRY THAT WORKS! See how many men and equipment were deployed for just this "small" incident. And going by the looks of the property, I don't think this is a rich neighbourhood. Tampa Florida yeah? Imagine say na Nigeria, where every man is a Local Govt providing his roads, security, water, power, etc. Sigh! I give up! 6 Likes |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by Lakayana: 12:22pm On Mar 02, 2013 |
Fela said it all long time Africa man we ne dey carry ch*t we dey ch*t inside big big holes. They have excavated the whole of their cities everywhere is hollow now. That is the price to pay for enjoying the underground trains modern sewage etc. Everything has gone underground now even their people are going underground without dying first. 3 Likes |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by olempe(m): 12:23pm On Mar 02, 2013 |
OMG!!! |
Re: US Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Under His Bedroom by bory09(m): 12:25pm On Mar 02, 2013 |
Hum. Am thinking about eko atlantic city. 1 Like |
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