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Wendy Peterson, left, and Kristi McKnight, right, staff at Harwood Union High School, update a marquee in front of the school Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in Duxbury, Vt., with an invitation to the public to attend a vigil for four students from the school, and a fifth member of the community, killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 89 Sunday. The five teenagers were killed when a pickup truck speeding in the wrong direction on the highway slammed into their car, sending it up in flames. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)
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FILE - In this Friday, April 4, 2014 file photo, the skulls and bones of some of those who were slaughtered as they sought refuge inside the church are laid out as a memorial to the thousands who were killed in and around the Catholic church during the 1994 genocide in Ntarama, Rwanda. Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 criticized French investigators who last week reopened an inquiry into the plane crash that sparked the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 people were killed. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
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FILE - In this March 24, 2014, file photo, the massive mudslide that killed 43 people in the community of Oso, Wash., is viewed from the air. Survivors and family members of people who died in the 2014 landslide north of Seattle, Wash., have reached a tentative deal with a timber company that logged an area above the site of the collapse it was announced Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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Ken Bone. (YouTube: CNN)
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A man crosses a flooded street at Jacksonville Beach, Fla. Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 after Hurricane Matthew passed through. The fast-weakening storm continued its march along the Atlantic coast Saturday. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Flight 93 Heading for Disaster Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Flight 93 Heading for Disaster Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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In this Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard District 11, shows several Coast Guard assets clean up debris left behind by the 34-foot recreational sailboat, Khaleesi, which capsized near Pier 45 just north of San Francisco. The Khaleesi had 30 people aboard who were rescued by various Coast Guard assets, partner agencies and good Samaritans. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Parrinello/U.S. Coast Guard via AP)
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In this Oct. 8, 2016 photo, Coast Guard small boats clean up debris left behind by a boat, which capsized near Pier 45 just north of San Francisco, Calif. The boat capsized in the San Francisco Bay sending multiple adults and children to a hospital, officials said. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Parrinello/U.S. Coast Guard via AP)
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A man walks across a road damaged by floodwaters caused by rain from Hurricane Matthew in Fayetteville, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. Hurricane Matthew's torrential rains triggered severe flooding in North Carolina on Sunday as the deteriorating storm made its exit to the sea, and thousands of people had to be rescued from their homes and cars. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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A large oak tree felled by Hurricane Matthew lies across Candy Gray's pool and on to the detached garage behind her house in the Birdneck Point section of Virginia Beach, Va., as Hurricane Matthew passed Sunday morning, Oct 9, 2016. Forecasters said North Carolina and Virginia could get even more rain and warned of the danger of life-threatening flooding through Monday night. (L. Todd Spencer/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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In this still image from video provided by WCAX-TV, workers remove vehicles from Interstate 89 early Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, in Williston, Vt., after a wrong-way driver caused a crash just before midnight that killed multiple people, before stealing a police cruiser, striking several vehicles and injuring several people. (WCAX-TV via AP)
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North Texas senior wide receiver Kenny Buyers (31) runs after catching a pass, while Marshall junior safety C.J. Reavis (1) tries to stop him in an NCAA college football game in Denton, Texas Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. (Jeff Woo/The Denton Record-Chronicle via AP)
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North Texas running back Willy Ivery (29) rushes the ball, while Marshall safety C.J. Reavis (1) wraps him from behind in an NCAA college football game in Denton, Texas, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. (Jeff Woo/The Denton Record-Chronicle via AP)
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Residents clean a street muddied by the heavy rains brought by Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016. Matthew hit Cuba's lightly populated eastern tip Tuesday night, damaging hundreds of homes in the easternmost city of Baracoa but there were no reports of deaths. Water and electricity were restored to much of the town Friday. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A vehicle is submerged after Hurricane Matthew caused flooding on Saturday Oct. 8, 2016 in Charleston, S.C. Matthew continued its march along the Atlantic coast Saturday, lashing two of the South's most historic cities and some of its most popular resort islands, flattening trees, swamping streets and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands. (Michael Pronzato/The Post And Courier via AP)
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Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon (25) is knocked off his feet by Texas safety Dylan Haines (14) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Dallas Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Rainier Rodriguez, 42, hangs his ties to dry on a makeshift clothes-line inside his home damaged by Hurricane Matthew, in Baracoa, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016. Matthew hit Cuba's lightly populated eastern tip Tuesday night, damaging hundreds of homes in the easternmost city of Baracoa but there were no reports of deaths. Nearly 380,000 people were evacuated and measures were taken to protect infrastructure. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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FILE - In this April 2, 2010, file photo, a Tesoro Corp. refinery, including a gas flare flame that is part of normal plant operations, is shown in Anacortes, Wash. after a fatal overnight fire and explosion. Voters in Washington state will weigh in on Initiative 732 in the 2016 election as they consider whether to approve the nation’s first direct carbon tax on the burning of fossil fuels. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
