< Previous Page
He added: "I could swear I heard him hollering my name to help him."
A dresser and the TV set had vanished down the hole, along with most of Bush’s bed.
A sheriff’s deputy who was the first to respond to a frantic 911 call said when he arrived, he saw Jeremy Bush.
Deputy Douglas Duvall said he reached down as if he was "sticking his hand into the floor" to help Jeremy Bush. Duvall said he didn’t see anyone else in the hole.
As he pulled Bush out, "everything was sinking," Duvall said.
Engineers said they may have to demolish the small house, even though from the outside there appeared to be nothing wrong with the four-bedroom, concrete-wall structure, built in 1974.
Jeremy Bush said someone came out to the home a couple of months ago to check for sinkholes and other things, apparently for insurance purposes.
"He said there was nothing wrong with the house. Nothing. And a couple of months later, my brother dies. In a sinkhole," Bush said.
———
Follow Lush at www.twitter.com/tamaralush
-
Finalists named for Utah deaf, blind schools leader
Published May 22, 2013 03:59:03PM -
Susan Powell’s marriage worse than thought, documents show (video)
Published May 22, 2013 03:52:24PM -
Prep boys soccer: Murray’s Andrew Clayton adds scoring punch
Published May 22, 2013 03:48:02PM -
Prep baseball: Cam Howe leads on, off field for Murray
Published May 22, 2013 03:45:02PM
Online: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/geology/feedback/faq.htm(hash)17
Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
