down the street, 9191 sinkhole. several other properties on this street all dealing with sinkholes. there is a bit of consolation for the folks in this neighborhood. the sinkholes beneath the homes can be dealt with. the ground can be filled and the homes reinforced. that wasn't the case on february 28th. the 911 call came in from seffner, florida. >> the brother-in-law is in there underneath the house. >> reporter: within hours, the world was buzzing about a bizarre and tragic event. a rare catastrophic collapse sinkhole had swallowed a young man lying in his bed. geologists say it works like this. a kaf city develops in the bedrom. over thousands of years, it widens, eventually breaching the limestone surface. then the clay and sand collapse in to the hole and everything is swallowed up. while events are rare, sinkholes in florida are certainly not.
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