how does that happen? guests began hearing strange popping and cracking, the earth began to move. we were walking around, and the building s collapsing, and the sinkhole on the bottom of it, buildings collapsing both ways. more than 100 people including children were inside. amazingly, everyone made it out safely. some credit a quick thinking security guard. one of the security guards ran up and was evacuating people, barthing into their rooms. one woman was sitting in the tub and the tub levitated. ben warrick from des moines had just started his vacation, and was staying next door. he managed to capture the building collapse on his cell phone rolling at just the right moment. i turned to film the guys talking to the fire department, i heard a crack, i turned and
the building s collapsing, and the sinkhole on the bottom of it, buildings collapsing both ways. more than 100 people including children were inside. amazingly, everyone made it out safely. some credit a quick thinking security guard. one of the security guards ran up and was evacuating people, barthing into their rooms. one woman was sitting in the tub and the tub levitated. ben warrick from des moines had just started his vacation, and was staying next door. he managed to capture the building collapse on his cell phone rolling at just the right moment. i turned to film the guys talking to the fire department, i heard a crack, i turned and the roof came down. the sinkhole seems to have stabilized, but that s no help for the guests who fled in the darkness. how do people retrieve the
rooms. one woman was sitting in the tub and the tub levitated. ben warrick from des moines had just started his vacation, and was staying next door. he managed to capture the building collapse on his cell phone rolling at just the right moment. i turned to film the guys talking to the fire department, i heard a crack, i turned and the roof came down. the sinkhole seems to have stabilized, but that s no help for the guests who fled in the darkness. how do people retrieve the items they left behind. they may never be retrieved. as a precaution to buildings that were evacuated. leaving the residents scrambling at the height of the summer season. we just got here, and, you know, i don t want the kids to see us with a sad face. they came to see mickey, you
wildest dreams. reporter: those watching nearby couldn t believe their eyes. i thought it was crazy. how is that happening? reporter: miraculously no one was killed, not even injured. some crediting a security guard. one of the security guards was evacuating people, barging into their rooms. one woman was sitting into the tub and the tub levitated. reporter: in florida most sinkholes happen when the acidic water table eats away at the limestone rock. warrick is looking for something less exciting. we re fine. power is back. got air conditioning. hopefully still going to have a great vacation. again, absolutely amazing that nobody was injured in all of that. a lot of the hotel guests though had to leave everything they had behind. i was asking the manager when could they go back and his answer was fairly simple and to the point, maybe never.