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In this June 12, 2016, file photo, Orlando Police officers direct family members away from a fatal shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

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FILE -In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 file photo, Allan Rivera holds onto his son Nathan Rivera, 23 months old, as he looks at the remains of their home for the first time, in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Wildfires ravaged the tourist town of Gatlinburg, in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains, killing 14 people, destroying businesses and leaving hundreds of people homeless just after Thanksgiving. The devastation was voted Tennessee’s top for 2016 in a poll of Associated Press editors and broadcasters, followed by the Nov. 21 school bus crash in Chattanooga that left six elementary school children dead.(Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean, File via AP)

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FILE -In this Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, smokes rises out of the remains of a burned-out business, in Gatlinburg, Tenn., after a wildfire swept through the area Monday. Wildfires ravaged the tourist town of Gatlinburg, in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains, killing 14 people, destroying businesses and leaving hundreds of people homeless just after Thanksgiving. The devastation was voted Tennessee’s top for 2016 in a poll of Associated Press editors and broadcasters, followed by the Nov. 21 school bus crash in Chattanooga that left six elementary school children dead. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

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FILE-In this Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. file photo, a memorial for flood victim Hershel Nicely and two of his family on the front walk of the home where he died in the flood ravaged area of White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. The home has been removed from the lot. he floods were voted the top story for 2016 in a poll of editors and broadcasters, who chose them in a year that also included tragic stories of substance abuse and an election in which voters emphatically supported Republican Donald Trump for president and Democrat Jim Justice for governor. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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FILE -In this Saturday, June 25, 2016 file photo, Lt. Dennis Feazell, of the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, watches for debris as he and a co-worker search flooded homes in Rainelle, W. Va. he floods were voted the top story for 2016 in a poll of editors and broadcasters, who chose them in a year that also included tragic stories of substance abuse and an election in which voters emphatically supported Republican Donald Trump for president and Democrat Jim Justice for governor. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

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FILE - This Thursday June 23, 2016, file image provided by the Greenbrier shows flooding on the 17th green of the Old White Course at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., an area scheduled to host a PGA tour event two weeks later. The floods were voted the top story for 2016 in a poll of editors and broadcasters, who chose them in a year that also included tragic stories of substance abuse and an election in which voters emphatically supported Republican Donald Trump for president and Democrat Jim Justice for governor. (Cam Huffman/The Greenbrier via AP, File)

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FILE - In this September 2013 aerial file photo provided by the Massachusetts Deptartment of Conservation and Recreation, a dirt and stone road leads to Mount Zion Island, at rear, at the Quabbin Reservoir in Petersham, Mass. A plan by the state to start a colony of venomous timber rattlesnakes on the off-limits island in the state's largest drinking water supply came under fire, and became one of New England's odd stories in 2016. (Clif Read, The Mass. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation via AP, File)

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Chelsea's Eden Hazard scores with a penalty kick during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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Russian Emergency Ministry employees lift a fragment of a plane out of the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Investigators have recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane. Teams are beginning to review the data to learn why the jet went down shortly after taking off Sunday from the city of Sochi. The crash killed all 92 people aboard the Tu-154, including members of a famous choir. (AP Photo/Viktor Klyushin)

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A Russian Military ship secures an area where divers search and collect wreckage from the crashed military plane in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Investigators have recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane. Teams are beginning to review the data to learn why the jet went down shortly after taking off from the city of Sochi. The crash killed all 92 people aboard the Tu-154, including members of a famous choir. (AP Photo/Viktor Klyushin)

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Wreckage from the crashed military plane are placed on a pier just outside Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Investigators have recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane. Teams are beginning to review the data to learn why the jet went down shortly after taking off from the city of Sochi. The crash killed all 92 people aboard the Tu-154, including members of a famous choir. (AP Photo/Viktor Klyushin)

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Fragments of the crashed military plane are placed on a Russian Emergency Ministry rescue boat in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Investigators have recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane. Teams are beginning to review the data to learn why the jet went down shortly after taking off Sunday from the city of Sochi. The crash killed all 92 people aboard the Tu-154, including members of a famous choir. (AP Photo/Viktor Klyushin)

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Fragments of the crash plane are placed on a Russian Emergency Ministry rescue boat in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Investigators have recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane. Teams are beginning to review the data to learn why the jet went down shortly after taking off Sunday from the city of Sochi. The crash killed all 92 people aboard the Tu-154, including members of a famous choir. (AP Photo/Viktor Klyushin)

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Birds fly over a Russian Emergency Ministry rescue boat searches for wreckage from the crashed plane in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Investigators have recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane. Teams are beginning to review the data to learn why the jet went down shortly after taking off Sunday from the city of Sochi. The crash killed all 92 people aboard the Tu-154, including members of a famous choir. (AP Photo/Viktor Klyushin)

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Russian Emergency Ministry divers prepare to search fragments of a plane in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Investigators have recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane. Teams are beginning to review the data to learn why the jet went down shortly after taking off Sunday from the city of Sochi. The crash killed all 92 people aboard the Tu-154, including members of a famous choir. (AP Photo/Viktor Klyushin)

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A Russian Emergency Ministry diver inspects a fragment of a plane in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Investigators have recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane. Teams are beginning to review the data to learn why the jet went down shortly after taking off Sunday from the city of Sochi. The crash killed all 92 people aboard the Tu-154, including members of a famous choir. (AP Photo/Viktor Klyushin)

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A Russian Emergency Ministry diver lifts a fragment of a plane in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Investigators have recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane. Teams are beginning to review the data to learn why the jet went down shortly after taking off Sunday from the city of Sochi. The crash killed all 92 people aboard the Tu-154, including members of a famous choir. (AP Photo/Viktor Klyushin)

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Russian Emergency Ministry employees lift a fragment of a plane in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Investigators have recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane. Teams are beginning to review the data to learn why the jet went down shortly after taking off Sunday from the city of Sochi. The crash killed all 92 people aboard the Tu-154, including members of a famous choir. (AP Photo/Viktor Klyushin)

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A Russian Emergency Ministry diver lifts a fragment of a plane in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Investigators have recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane. Teams are beginning to review the data to learn why the jet went down shortly after taking off Sunday from the city of Sochi. The crash killed all 92 people aboard the Tu-154, including members of a famous choir. (AP Photo/Viktor Klyushin)

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A Russian Emergency Ministry diver lifts a fragment of a plane in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Investigators have recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane. Teams are beginning to review the data to learn why the jet went down shortly after taking off Sunday from the city of Sochi. The crash killed all 92 people aboard the Tu-154, including members of a famous choir. (AP Photo/Viktor Klyushin)