Video: Final Walls Come Down on Seffner Sinkhole at 240 Faithway Drive

The home that Leland Buddy Wicker bought in 1974 in Seffner no longer stands, after two days of carefully orchestrated demolition that returned to the Wicker family as much of their treasured possessions as possible.

Wicker and one of his four children, Wanda Carter, took notice of such as the demolition work continued March 4 at around 12:30 p.m.

That workers were able to retrieve a good portion of family mementos, pictures, heirlooms and artifacts brings the family a great sense of relief.

"It means the world to me," Wicker said. "I would have rather had Jeff returned, but they tell me that's not, one of those . . ."

Wicker's voice trailed off as he tried to find the right words. Soon, he rested on these: "God had a plan, God has a reason for everything going on."

"Jeff" is Jeffrey Bush, who lost his life in the sinkhole late Feb. 28, after the bed he was resting in was swallowed up by what officials described as a "massive" and "unprecedented" sinkhole.

For the Bush family, the horror continues, as Jeremy Bush noted March 4 to reporters. He noted his family's undying grief and their concerns that more could not be done to search for their brother, given that the house did not collapse of its own accord throughout the two days of demolition work.

Jeremy Bush had tried to save his brother's life after Jeffrey Bush called out to him in horror as the floor beneath him began to cave in shortly before 11 p.m. Feb. 28.

Bush led family members in placing memorial flowers and mementos into the first bucket of gravel that was lowered into the cavern after the demolition work was completed.

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BRANDON PATCH SEFFNER SINKHOLE COVERAGE (Through March 6):

• HuffPost Live Looks at Seffner Sinkhole Tragedy: 'Saving Us From Sinkholes'

• Seffner Sinkhole Video: 'In a Flash It Happens and the Whole World's Changed'

• 2nd Seffner Sinkhole Under Investigation as Stabilization Work Continues

• Seffner Sinkhole Homeowner: 'God Has a Plan'
  

• Seffner Sinkhole Victim Officially 'Presumed' Deceased

• Readers React to Seffner Sinkhole Tragedy

• Family Treasures Salvaged from Seffner Sinkhole Demolition
  

• Demolition Under Way at Seffner Sinkhole Site

• More Photos From the Seffner Sinkhole Site

• Seffner Sinkhole Operation Readies for Impending Demolition

• 3rd Home 'Compromised' at Seffner Sinkhole Site; Relief Fund Established

• Video: Deputy Douglas Duvall Recounts Seffner Sinkhole Heroics

• Situation 'Extremely Unsafe' at Seffner Sinkhole Site

• Family Member Recalls Horror of Seffner Sinkhole Tragedy

• Photos From the Scene of Sinkhole in Seffner

• Video: Hillsborough Fire Chief Discusses Seffner Sinkhole

• Hillsborough County Among Top 10 Sinkhole-Prone Florida Counties

• Update: Sinkhole Swallows Seffner Man Sleeping in Bed

• Video of Deputy Who Worked To Save Men From Sinkhole 
  

• Video: Man Could Hear His Brother Screaming

• Video: Fire Chief Answers Questions             

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