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A woman gets assistance after being pulled out from the hotel that was hit by an avalanche on Wednesday, in Rigopiano, central Italy, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Rescue crews located more than eight people alive in the rubble of an avalanche-crushed hotel on Friday, an incredible discovery that boosted spirits two days after the massive snow slide buried around 30 people in the resort. (ANSA via AP)

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Rescuers work in the area of the hotel that was hit by an avalanche on Wednesday, in Rigopiano, central Italy, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Rescue crews located more than eight people alive in the rubble of an avalanche-crushed hotel on Friday, an incredible discovery that boosted spirits two days after the massive snow slide buried around 30 people in the resort. (ANSA via AP)

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A Coast Guard rescue helicopter flies to the avalanche-hit area where a hotel is buried under the snow, near Farandola, central Italy, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Rescue crews located up to eight people alive in the kitchen of an avalanche-crushed hotel on Friday, an incredible discovery that boosted spirits two days after the massive snow slide buried around 30 people in the resort. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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A Finance Police helicopter hovers above the town of Farindola, central Italy, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Days of heavy snowfall had knocked out electricity and phone lines in many central Italian towns and hamlets, compounded by four powerful earthquakes that struck the region on Wednesday, and an avalanche which buried a four-star spa hotel near Farindola. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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The interior of the Rigopiano Hotel is destroyed by an avalanche in Farindola, Italy, early Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Rescue workers on skis reached a four-star spa hotel buried by an avalanche in earthquake-stricken central Italy Thursday, reporting no signs of life as they searched for around 30 people believed trapped inside. (Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico/The National Alpine Cliff and Cave Rescue Corps (CNSAS) via AP)

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Italian firefighters search for survivors after an avalanche buried a hotel near Farindola, central Italy, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Rescue workers on skis reached a four-star spa hotel buried by an avalanche in earthquake-stricken central Italy Thursday, reporting no signs of life as they searched for around 30 people believed trapped inside. (Italian Firefighters/ANSA via Italian Firefighters)

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This undated photo shows the spa Hotel Rigopiano, in central Italy. Rescue workers reported no signs of life Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, at this four-star hotel buried by an avalanche in the mountains of earthquake-stricken central Italy. Two bodies were recovered of the estimated 30 people trapped inside as the risk of more avalanches slowed the search effort. (AP Photo/Alessio Ferreo)

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Italian firefighters search for survivors after an avalanche buried a hotel near Farindola, central Italy, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Rescue crews are continuing the painstaking search for some 30 people trapped inside a remote Italian mountain resort flattened by a huge avalanche. (Italian Firefighters/ANSA via Italian Firefighters)

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This frame from video shows Italian firefighters extracting a woman alive from under snow and debris of an hotel that was hit by an avalanche on Wednesday, in Rigopiano, central Italy, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (Italian Firefighters/ANSA via AP)

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A rescue helicopter approaches the area in Rigopiano, central Italy, where a hotel has been buried under an avalanche on Wednesday, to recover some people who have been reportedly extracted alive from the debris, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo Gregorio Borgia)

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FILE - In this May 4, 2016 file photo, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration administrator Mark Rosekind speaks during a news conference to announce the addition of tens of millions of Takata air bag inflators to the largest automotive recall in history in Washington. Rosekind, who leaves his job leading the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, said the agency has taken steps to modernize and change its relationship with automakers so they try to stop problems rather than reacting to deaths and injuries. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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A rescue helicopter approaches the area in Rigopiano, central Italy, where a hotel have been buried under an avalanche on Wednesday, to recover 6 people who have been reportedly extracted alive from the debris, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo Gregorio Borgia)

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Players wait around on the ice while workers look for a replacement plexiglass piece during the second period of an NHL hockey game between the Anaheim Ducks and the Colorado Avalanche Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Anaheim Ducks' Sami Vatanen, left, of Finland, is shoved by Colorado Avalanche's Matt Nieto during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Colorado Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon, right, moves the puck past Anaheim Ducks' Cam Fowler during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Anaheim Ducks goalie John Gibson watches as workers remove a cracked plexiglass piece during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Colorado Avalanche Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Anaheim Ducks' Cam Fowler, top, jumps to avoid a collision with Colorado Avalanche's Gabriel Landeskog, of Sweden, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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The new Chapecoense soccer team sits in a bus on their way to a training session in Chapeco, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. Three Chapecoense players survived and 19 players perished in an air crash that killed 71 people almost two months ago in Colombia. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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The new Chapecoense soccer team sits in a bus on their way to a training session in Chapeco, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. Three Chapecoense players survived and 19 players perished in an air crash that killed 71 people almost two months ago in Colombia. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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Vagner Mancini, the new coach of Chapecoense soccer team attends a training session in Chapeco, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. Three Chapecoense players survived and 19 players perished in an air crash that killed 71 people almost two months ago in Colombia. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)