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People rush out their offices after they felt a major earthquake that struck Baluchistan province in southwest Pakistan, 693 Kilometers (430 miles) from Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. A deadly earthquake struck Tuesday in southwestern Pakistan sending poeople fleeing into the streets and praying for their lives as buildings swayed, officials said. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

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A West Coast-based SEAL jumps out of an HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the High Rollers of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 85. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam Henderson/Released) 110714-N-WA189-414

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Dark clouds associated with Typhoon Usagi hang low over Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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A woman and her child hold their umbrellas tight against powerful gusts of wind as typhoon Usagi approaches in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. (Associated Press)

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People walk past election campaign posters of different parties, in Irbil, Iraq, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, day ahead of the self-ruled northern Kurdish region's fourth election for local parliament since 1992. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

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This undated artist rendering released by NASA shows the Deep Impact spacecraft. In 2005, it smashed a comet with a projectile to give scientists a peek of the interior. The spacecraft went on to rendezvous with two more comets. On Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, the space agency declared an end to the mission after failing to regain contact with the spacecraft. (AP Photo/NASA)

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Residents of the storm-battered southern Mexican state of Guerrero use the courtesy phones provided at a temporary shelter in the Convention Center in Acapulco, Mexico, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Hundreds were in the shelter, including several hundred from a village hit by a landslide Monday afternoon, where officials said at least 58 people were missing and presumed dead. (AP Photo/Michael Weissenstein)

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**FILE** Protestors gather at the National Mall in Washington on Feb. 17, 2013, calling for President Obama to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, as well as act to limit carbon pollution from power plants and “move beyond” coal and natural gas. (Associated Press)

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William Bart Colantuono, a helicopter pilot who previously appeared in the History channel's "Ax Men" series, died on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, when his chopper crashed while attempting to lift logs in an Oregon forest. (AP Photo/History)