The Minnesota National Guard confirmed to NBC News it lost contact with the Black Hawk, carrying three Guardsmen, at around 2 p.m. CST.
“He’s really good at that fake ... but when you consider his dark skin color with a dark football with a dark uniform, you could not see that thing,” Tim Ryan said.
Lawmakers say HUD is breaking the law by missing a congressionally mandated deadline to make $10.2B available in hurricane aid to the island.
After her car tipped into the sinkhole, Stephanie Scott was standing on the roof of the vehicle, about 10 feet below ground, screaming for help.
Thursday's scheduled execution is expected to be only the second execution of a blind prisoner in the U.S. since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.