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The damage of the right side of the USS Fitzgerald is seen off Shimoda, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, after the Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship, Saturday, June 17, 2017. The U.S. Navy says the USS Fitzgerald suffered damage below the water line on its starboard side after it collided with a Philippine-flagged merchant ship. (Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP)
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CORRECTS DATE - The USS Fitzgerald is seen off Shimoda, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, after the Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship, Saturday, June 17, 2017. Seven crew members are missing and one injured after the U.S. Navy destroyer collided early Saturday morning with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the country's coast guard reported. (Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP)
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Firefighters gather for hugs and photographs after attending the funeral for fallen Firefighter Kelly Wong at the Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Angels, Friday, June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old Wong fell from the ladder on June 3 and died two days later. (Mark Boster /Los Angeles Times via AP)
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Danielle Wong, center, is comforted by family as she mourns during the funeral for her husband fallen Firefighter Kelly Wong at the Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Angels, Friday, June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old Wong fell from the ladder on June 3 and died two days later. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP)
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Hundreds of firefighters pay tribute during the funeral for fallen Firefighter Kelly Wong at the Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Angels, Friday, June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old Wong fell from the ladder on June 3 and died two days later. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP)
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Pallbearers carry the flag-draped coffin of fallen LAFD Firefighter Kelly Wong from the fire truck at the Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Angels after the life celebration services, Friday, June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old Wong fell from the ladder on June 3 and died two days later. (Mark Boster /Los Angeles Times via AP)
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An honor guard stands at attention with an axe at the rear of the fire truck carrying the flag-draped coffin of fallen LAFD Firefighter Kelly Wong at the Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Angels, Friday, June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old Wong fell from the ladder on June 3 and died two days later. (Mark Boster /Los Angeles Times via AP)
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Firefighters pay tribute to fallen LAFD Firefighter Kelly Wong at the Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Angels under the crucifix behind the altar, Friday, June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old Wong fell from the ladder on June 3 and died two days later. (Mark Boster /Los Angeles Times via AP)
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Firefighters pay tribute to fallen LAFD Firefighter Kelly Wong at the Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Angels, Friday, June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old Wong fell from the ladder on June 3 and died two days later. (Mark Boster /Los Angeles Times via AP)
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A UPS truck drives toward a sign for Mike Lefiti, one of the UPS drivers slain on Wednesday, at a memorial set up outside of a UPS facility in San Francisco, Friday, June 16, 2017. Police say the three UPS drivers were killed by 38-year-old Jimmy Lam, who fatally shot himself in the head in front of officers. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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A UPS truck is driven past a memorial set up outside of a UPS facility in San Francisco, Friday, June 16, 2017. Police say the three UPS drivers were killed Wednesday by 38-year-old Jimmy Lam, who fatally shot himself in the head in front of officers. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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Sherwin Karunungan, a friend of Benson Louie and Wayne Chan, two of the UPS drivers slain on Wednesday, kneels down in front of a memorial set up outside of the UPS facility in San Francisco, Friday, June 16, 2017. Police say the three UPS drivers were killed by 38-year-old Jimmy Lam, who fatally shot himself in the head in front of officers. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) pulls into Dry Dock 5 in Yokosuka, Japan on June 15, 2016. The U.S. military says the Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan and says there have been injuries. In a brief written statement, U.S. Pacific Fleet in Hawaii said the Navy has requested assistance from the Japanese Coast Guard. It said June 16. that the USS Fitzgerald collided with a merchant ship 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka. (Patrick Dionne/U.S. Navy via AP)
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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017, photo, coaches and emergency responders carry bull rider Bradie Gray from the arena during the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo. Odessa College coach C.J. Aragon said Gray, from Australia, suffered broken ribs, a bruised aorta and collapsed lungs after a bull threw him and stepped on his chest during competition Thursday night at the Casper Events Center. (Alan Rogers/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP)
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Bob Barnes surveys the site of an accident Thursday, June 15, 2017, involving a van and a freight train at a railroad intersection on Christian County Road 1800 East near Nokomis Wednesday evening. The crash killed the van's five occupants including Barnes' friend Mary Pugsley. Barnes came to the scene the day after to find out more about what had happened.(Jim Bowling/Herald & Review via AP)
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CAPTION CORRECTION REMOVES PRESCRIBED FIRE REVISING TO WILDFIRE Fire crews head toward the Jemez Mountains along U.S. 550 in Rio Rancho, N.M., as the smoke plume from a wildfire grows on Thursday, June 15, 2017. Sandoval County Sheriff's Lt. Keith Elder says deputies were initiating the evacuation of a subdivision along State Highway 4. He was unsure of how many homes were in the area. (Zach Bryan via AP)
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A National Park Service firefighter keeps an eye on the Cajete fire as it runs along Hwy. 4 in the Jemez Mountains in New Mexico, Thursday June 15, 2017. (Jim Thompson/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
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Emergency workers wheel away a body from the fire-gutted Grenfell Tower in London, Friday, June 16, 2017, after a fire engulfed the 24-story building Wednesday morning. London firefighters combed through the burned-out public housing tower Thursday in a grim search for missing people as police and the prime minister launched investigations into the deadly inferno, with pressure building on officials to explain the disaster and assure that similar buildings around the country are safe. (Rick Findler/PA via AP)
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Emergency workers wheel away a body from the fire-gutted Grenfell Tower in London, Friday, June 16, 2017, after a fire engulfed the 24-story building Wednesday morning. London firefighters combed through the burned-out public housing tower Thursday in a grim search for missing people as police and the prime minister launched investigations into the deadly inferno, with pressure building on officials to explain the disaster and assure that similar buildings around the country are safe. (Rick Findler/PA via AP)
