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The jacket and helmet of retired New York City firefighter Raymond Pfeifer are hung from the side of a fire truck during his funeral service, Friday, June 2, 2017 in Hicksville, N.Y. Pfeifer died Sunday, May, 28, after an eight-year fight with cancer. He had spent months digging through debris after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. He became a key voice in fighting for health care for first responders. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Hyannis, Mass., Fire Dept. Capt. Thomas Kenney watches as a fire truck pass during the funeral service for New York City firefighter Raymond Pfeifer, Friday, June 2, 2017 in Hicksville, N.Y. Pfeifer died Sunday, May, 28, after an eight-year fight with cancer. He had spent months digging through debris after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. He became a key voice in fighting for health care for first responders. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Firefighters and salute as the casket carrying retired New York City firefighter Raymond Pfeifer is carried from the Holy Family Church after his funeral service, Friday, June 2, 2017 in Hicksville, N.Y. Pfeifer died Sunday, May, 28, after an eight-year fight with cancer. He had spent months digging through debris after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. He became a key voice in fighting for health care for first responders. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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A firefighter present the helmut of retired New York City firefighter Raymond Pfeifer to his family after his funeral service at Holy Family Church, Friday, June 2, 2017 in Hicksville, N.Y. Pfeifer died Sunday, May, 28, after an eight-year fight with cancer. He had spent months digging through debris after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. He became a key voice in fighting for health care for first responders. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Firefighters stand at attention as the firetruck carrying the coffin of retired New York City firefighter Raymond Pfeifer passes them after his funeral service at the Holy Family Church, Friday, June 2, 2017 in Hicksville, N.Y. Pfeifer died Sunday, May, 28, after an eight-year fight with cancer. He had spent months digging through debris after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. He became a key voice in fighting for health care for first responders. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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FILE - In this July 18, 2016, file photo, actor Scott Baio gives two thumbs up after addressing the delegates during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. The AP reported on June 2, 2017, that stories claiming Baio was killed in a plane crash on his way to visit President Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida are a hoax. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Logo for the Washington National Guard, from its official Facebook page (Facebook).
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In this March 22, 2017 photo, glass artist Dale Chihuly poses for a photo in one of his studios in Seattle. Chihuly is a pioneer of the glass art movement and is internationally known for styles that include vibrant seashell-like shapes and ambitious installations in botanical gardens and museums. He lost sight in his left eye in a 1976 car crash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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This Thursday, June 1, 2017, photo provided by Jeff Lange shows the scene following a fatal explosion and fire at the Didion Milling plant in Cambria, Wis. Recovery crews searched a mountain of debris on Thursday following a fatal explosion late Wednesday at the corn mill plant, which injured about a dozen people and leveled parts of the sprawling facility in southern Wisconsin, authorities said. (Jeff Lange via AP)
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This Thursday, June 1, 2017, photo provided by Jeff Lange shows the scene following a fatal explosion and fire at the Didion Milling plant in Cambria, Wis. Recovery crews searched a mountain of debris on Thursday following a fatal explosion late Wednesday at the corn mill plant, which injured about a dozen people and leveled parts of the sprawling facility in southern Wisconsin, authorities said. (Jeff Lange via AP)
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This Thursday, June 1, 2017, photo provided by Jeff Lange shows firefighters at the scene following an explosion and fire at the Didion Milling plant in Cambria, Wis. Recovery crews searched a mountain of debris on Thursday following a fatal explosion late Wednesday at the corn mill plant, which injured about a dozen people and leveled parts of the sprawling facility in southern Wisconsin, authorities said. (Jeff Lange via AP)
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In this photo provided by Jeff Lange, firefighters work the scene following an explosion and fire at the Didion Milling plant in Cambria, Wis., Thursday, June 1, 2017. Recovery crews searched a mountain of debris on Thursday following a fatal explosion late Wednesday at the corn mill plant, which injured about a dozen people and leveled parts of the sprawling facility in southern Wisconsin, authorities said. (Jeff Lange via AP)
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In this photo provided by Jeff Lange, firefighters work at the scene following an explosion and fire at the Didion Milling plant in Cambria, Wis., Thursday, June 1, 2017. Recovery crews searched a mountain of debris on Thursday following a fatal explosion late Wednesday at the corn mill plant, which injured about a dozen people and leveled parts of the sprawling facility in southern Wisconsin, authorities said. (Jeff Lange via AP)
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Sen. Mitch McConnell. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Illustration on the North Korean missile threat to Japan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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FILE- In this Oct. 27, 2016 file photo, Republican vice presidential candidate and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's campaign airplane sits partially on the tarmac and the grass after sliding off the runway while landing at LaGuardia airport in New York. The pilots of the plane knew they were going to be in the news according to the Boeing 737's cockpit voice recording released by the National Transportation Safety Board, Wednesday, May 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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FILE- In this Oct. 27, 2016 file photo, Republican vice presidential candidate and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's campaign airplane sits partially on the tarmac and the grass after sliding off the runway while landing at LaGuardia airport in New York. The pilots of the plane knew they were going to be in the news according to the Boeing 737's cockpit voice recording released by the National Transportation Safety Board, Wednesday, May 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2017, file photo, construction crews clear rocks away from Oroville Dam's crippled spillway in Oroville, Calif. The sudden collapse of spillways at the nation's highest dam was unique because it came without warning, and the investigation into why that was is sure to change the way big dams are built and run around the world, an independent team searching for explanations into this winter's near-disaster at Oroville Dam says. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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Students leave The Evergreen State College campus in Olympia, Wash., after a threat prompted a student alert and evacuation on Thursday, June 1, 2017. (Lisa Pemberton/The Olympian via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2017, file photo, floodwaters run down a street in Worland, Wyo. Relatively minor flooding occurred in Wyoming during May from melting snow, but water experts caution residents along rivers and streams not to become complacent because the mountain snowpack remains exceptionally deep in many places and the main runoff is expected to be prolonged this year. (Karla Pomeroy/Northern Wyoming Daily News via AP, File)