Video reveals deadly Florida sinkhole Florida investigators release the most revealing images yet of the deadly sinkhole that claimed Jeff Bush's life. An aerial photo of the sinkhole that swallowed Jeffrey Bush in Tampa, Florida. Picture: AP Photo/ABC Action News-WFTS TV Source: AP FOOTAGE has emerged of the large sinkhole that swallowed a US man as he slept in his bedroom. Jeff Bush, 37, was in his bedroom of his Florida home when a six-metre sinkhole opened up and swallowed him and everything in the room. The 54-second video, released by local authorities, was recorded hours after the sinkhole took Bush and almost killed his brother Jeremy as well, after he jumped into the hole in an attempt to save his sibling, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Taken with a tiny camera mounted to a pole and passed through the bedroom window, the footage gives a clear view of the huge sinkhole, which officials believe eventually grew to be 18 metres deep. What lies beneath: When sinkholes turn deadly Bush's family told local television network Bay News 9 the video shocked them but helped them to understand why rescuers were not able to save Jeff. "It'll help people understand what was going on and what the county saw that everybody else couldn't see," said Jeremy. It looks totally different than from when I seen it. It's much deeper. At the time, rescuers decided the sinkhole was too dangerous to recover Jeff's body. So, the hole was filled in and the house demolished.