Sinkhole victim’s family ‘going through hell’ — as second hole found nearby

A  man who jumped into a chasm and tried in vain to his brother from a catastrophic sinkhole said Monday he was frustrated that authorities haven’t done more to retrieve the body — even as another sinkhole opened up just a couple of miles away.

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“They said it was dangerous, but you see this heavy equipment, you see that?” Jeremy Bush, choking back tears, asked reporters. “The house is still standing. The only reason the house fell is because they put the machines on it.”

He said that his parents are “going through hell right now.”

The first sinkhole opened last Thursday night and engulfed Jeff Bush, 36, who was in his bedroom. Jeremy Bush jumped in to save him and had to be rescued himself by sheriff’s deputies

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