cooper autographed it, and we re going to auction that off and try to raise money for the vets. just earlier this month we had the chris kyle memorial benefit and were able to raise money for guardian for heroes foundation. we raised, you know, $400,000, which was amazing for us. wow. xso just one more thing we cn do to try to reach out and help our brothers and sisters. where do we find out about the guardians for heroes foundation, and to bid on this? the charity s auction is actually on charity buzz. okay. gotcha. we ll follow that. hey, jeff, always great to see you. thanks for your service. jeff kyle, as well as major general john furlough, thank you. thank you very much. ten minutes before the bottom of the hour. high school student wanted to start a pro-life club on campus, denied. why? people who don t share that same view might feel, well, left out. and move that trailer!
damage and as jon zarrella reports, they re not as rare as you might think. neatly kept lawns, a quiet neighborhood in florida. but beneath the ground, there is a commotion going on. john furlough stepped in it, literally. i came over and as i was walking out here, i stepped right here and my foot went down in the hole. it was a sinkhole right under the bedroom. it started out five feet deep. since it opened more than a year and a half ago, they have watched it morph from deep to shallow, shrinking and expanding. they don t use the bedroom any longer. the pool, they tell me, loses an inch of water a day. so why on earth live in a home with a sinkhole beneath it? we put everything into this house. even our inheritance. we didn t have a plan b. now, they wait for an
reporter: neatly kept lawns, a quiet neighborhood in florida, but beneath the ground, there s a commotion going on. john furlough stepped in it, literally. i came over and as i was walking out here i stepped right here and my foot went down in the hole. reporter: it was a sinkhole, right under the furlough s bedroom. so why on earth live at home with a sinkhole beneath it? we put everything into this house in the beginning. even our inheritance. we thought we would live and die here. we didn t have a plan b. reporter: now they wait for an insurance settle to have money to fill the hole. 9239 sinkhole. down the street, 9191 sinkhole. several other properties on this street all dealing with sinkholes. there s a bit of consolation for the folks in this neighborhood, the sinkholes beneath their homes can be dealt with. the ground can be filled and the homes re-enforced.
i didn t know how to spell sinkhole. reporter: now, they re living with one. sinkholes are just a part of florida s natural geology. they can open up just about anywhere in the state. fortunately they rarely have deadly consequences. erin? john, thank you very much. amazingly frightening when you think about how many people do not know their lives are at risk right now. still to come, the widest tornado ever recorded strikes the heartland of this country. so how and why did it get so big? plus, why everyone should be putting on sunscreen, even if you have absolutely no intention of sunbathing. and why this photo of the woman in red has become a symbol of outrage and protest. tonight s shoutout, a new way to deliver a pizza. a dominos franchise in britain released a video of they call a domicopter.
it was underneath the backyard pool. you see it here in winter park. now, thousands of american in florida nand many other states live on top of sinkholes are not aware of the risks. some are aware of danger, but others have no clue. reporter: neatly kept lawns, a quiet neighborhood in florida, but beneath the ground, there s a commotion going on. john furlough stepped in it, literally. i came over and as i was walking out here i stepped right here and my foot went down in the hole. reporter: it was a sinkhole, right underthe furlough s bedroom. so why on earth live at home with a sinkhole beneath it? we put everything into this house in the beginning. even our inheritance. we thought we would live and die here. we didn t have a plan b. reporter: now they wait for an insurance settle to have