Family waits for word of Florida man swallowed by sinkhole

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CNN.com - 3/02/12, By John Zarrella and Chelsea J. Carter, CNN

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Authorities will resume searching for Jeff Bush in the morning
  • Bush was swallowed up by a sinkhole that opened beneath his room
  • "I couldn't get him out," Jeremy Bush says
  • The sinkhole is still expanding and could take the house with it
  • Police tape surrounds a home where a sinkhole opened beneath the bedroom of Jeff Bush in Seffner, Florida, on Friday, March 1. Sinkholes caused by acidic groundwater corroding the limestone or carbonate rock underground are common in Florida, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Take a look at sinkholes throughout the world.

Police tape surrounds a home where a sinkhole opened beneath the bedroom of Jeff Bush in Seffner, Florida, on Friday, March 1. Sinkholes caused by acidic groundwater corroding the limestone or carbonate rock underground are common in Florida, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Seffner, Florida (CNN) -- All Jeremy Bush can do is wait -- wait for word that Florida authorities have recovered the body of his brother from a sinkhole that opened beneath the bedroom of the family's suburban Tampa home.

The effort to recover the body of Jeff Bush was scheduled to resume Saturday morning at 7 a.m. ET after authorities stopped operations overnight, saying the hole is still expanding and the house could collapse at any time.

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