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GALLERYTennessee Trench Rescue

Rescue personal work to extract a worker trapped when the walls of a trench he was working in collapsed Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, in Kingston, Tenn. (AP Photo /Knoxville News Sentinel, Wade Payne)

GALLERYFDNY Responds to Natural History Museum

Firefighters leave the American Museum of Natural History, in New York, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. Fire officials say a possible fire was reported on the fourth floor, where the museum houses the research library, a cafe as well as exhibits on mammals and dinosaurs. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

GALLERYFuneral for Philadelphia Female Firefighter

Firefighters salute as Engine 64 passes carrying the casket of fallen Philadelphia firefighter Joyce Craig on Saturday Dec. 13, 2014, following a funeral service in Philadelphia. Craig is the first female Philadelphia firefighter killed in the line of duty. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

GALLERYPhiladelphia Firefighter Trapped in Basement

A firefighter works outside a burned out home in the aftermath of a fatal fire Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, in Philadelphia. A firefighter was trapped in the basement of the burning row home early Tuesday, becoming the first female member of the Philadelphia Fire Department to die in the line of duty, officials said. The 11-year veteran was part of the first company deployed to a fire in the basement of the home in the city's West Oak Lane neighborhood at about 3 a.m. Tuesday, fire commissioner Derrick Sawyer said. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

GALLERYDowntown Los Angeles Fire

Los Angeles County firefighters battle a fire at an apartment building under construction next to the Harbor CA-110 Freeway in Los Angeles, early Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. The building was not occupied, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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