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Florida sinkhole that swallowed man in 2013 opens back up

By Laurel Lee
Aug 19, 2015

The sinkhole that opened up beneath a Hillborough County home and swallowed a man while he slept has reopened.

Jeff Bush, 36, of Seffner, died in 2013 when the original sinkhole opened up beneath the Faithway Drive house, and he fell in.

His brother, Jeremy Bush, tried to save Jeff but failed to reach him.

"It was something you would see in a movie. You wouldn't, in your wildest dreams, you wouldn't think anything like that could happen, especially here," Jeremy recalled.

The home was demolished and the sinkhole was eventually filled in.

The new sinkhole measures 20-feet deep and 17-feet wide.

There's no word yet on what officals plan to do about the new hole.

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