And the ground opened up beneath their feet

A question about : And the ground opened up beneath their feet

Last thing you expect when you get off a bus is for the ground to give way beneath you
It happened to this couple in South Korea.

BBC story

Best answers:

• They should never have walked on the cracks, it's very unlucky.
• I have watched the clip a few times and you can see that the area they fall through is slightly different to the surrounding pavement but I doubt if they would see that close up.
  I love the way the woman in the blue coat legs it
• Incredible how quickly that happens!
• the earth certainly moved for them!
• and when you put yourself in a very embarrassing situation and you want the ground to open up and swallow you, does it?
  Sods law eh?