Crews work to fill fatal sinkhole that reopened in Fla.
SEFFNER, Fla. -- Engineers have started to fill in a sinkhole near Tampa that reopened two years after it swallowed and killed a man while he was sleeping in his home.
Crews could be seen spraying water into the hole Thursday morning before dumping gravel inside the 20-foot deep hole. Officials say they believe the onslaught of heavy rains in the past month caused hydraulic stress on the patched sinkhole.
In February 2013, Jeffrey Bush was asleep in his bedroom on the property when the floor collapsed and he fell in. His body was never recovered.
Florida is highly prone to sinkholes because there are caverns below ground of limestone, a porous rock that easily dissolves in water.
On Wednesday, Jeremy Bush got emotional when talking about his brother Jeffery.
"I think about it every day," he told reporters. "There ain't a day that goes by that I don't think about it."
In 2013, Jeremy Bush was also home and heard his brother screaming for help. He jumped into the growing sinkhole to try and save his brother but couldn't reach him.
Jeremy Bush was rescued by a sheriff's deputy.
"I come out here every day just to be by my brother," he said Wednesday. "I didn't get to say bye to him."