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FILE - In a Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015 file photo, Terry Ellis, left, takes photos as firefighters work at the scene where authorities say a small business jet crashed into an apartment building in Akron, Ohio. A second lawsuit has been filed seeking damages over the deadly crash of a corporate jet into the Ohio apartment building. The Akron Beacon Journal reports a resident of an apartment destroyed in the 2015 crash is suing the Florida company that owned the plane and the estates of the two pilots who died. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal via AP, File)

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Kyle Otto of J. Bowers Construction boards up a burned home in Akron, Ohio, on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 after a deadly fire. (Leah Klafczynski/Akron Beacon Journal via AP)

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FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2012, file photo, NBA star and Akron native LeBron James and his mother Gloria James, right, pose with children participating in the LeBron James Family Foundation's Wheels for Education "Time to Promise" School Year event at Canal Park during an Akron Aeros game in Akron, Ohio. LeBron James has given Hillary Clinton an assist. The NBA superstar, who helped end Cleveland’s championship drought earlier this summer by winning a title with the Cavaliers, is backing Clinton for president. James believes Clinton can do more to help at-risk kids like he once was, saying she’s the only candidate who “truly understands the struggles of an Akron child born into poverty.”(AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal, Karen Schiely)

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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2013, file photo, Miami Heat's LeBron James greets a young fan while on the way to an interview at his foundation's second annual "I Promise Family Reunion," in Akron, Ohio. LeBron James has given Hillary Clinton an assist. The NBA superstar, who helped end Cleveland’s championship drought earlier this summer by winning a title with the Cavaliers, is backing Clinton for president. James believes Clinton can do more to help at-risk kids like he once was, saying she’s the only candidate who “truly understands the struggles of an Akron child born into poverty.” (AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal, Phil Masturzo, File)

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump meets with active and retired law enforcement at a Fraternal Order of Police lodge in Akron, Ohio, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Emergency personnel and electrical crews work at the scene where authorities say a small business jet crashed into an apartment building in Akron, Ohio, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. Investigators were trying to determine how many people were on the 10-seater jet, but they confirmed two deaths, said Lt. Sierjie Lash, an Akron fire department spokeswoman. AP Photo/Phil Long)

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In this photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014, William and Sarah Cramer, of Mogadore, Ohio sit with their children, from left, Billy, 4, Delaney, 1, and Mason, 2, during a television interview after their wedding in Billy's hospital room at Akron Children's Hospital, in Akron, Ohio. The Ohio couple who married on Christmas Day decided to share their vows in the hospital room where their 4-year-old son, Billy, is being treated for cancer. (AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal, Phil Masturzo) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James smiles as he is introduced at his homecoming at InfoCision Stadium Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, in Akron, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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Sergio Garcia, from Spain, waves to the crowd after a birdie on the second hole during the third round of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

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Rickie Fowler watches his tee shot on the 11th hole during the second round of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

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FILE - In this May 9, 2014 photo, Sarah Thistlethwaite holds her twin daughters, Jenna and Jillian, after her delivery of the monoamniotic twin girls at Akron General Hospital in Akron, Ohio. The identical twin girls shared the same amniotic sac and placenta, which doctors say occurs in about one of every 10,000 pregnancies. The Thistlethwaites say the girls are making progress toward going home from the hospital. A photo showing the girls holding hands taken shortly after birth May 9 at Akron General Medical Center has been widely seen on social media, in newspapers and on national TV. (AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal, Ed Suba Jr.)