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Sheriff, Mayor Brief Together After Deadly Cargo Plane Crash Amid Earlier Podium Dispute
Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz and Mayor Daniella Levine Cava held a joint press conference Sunday following a deadly cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport. Before the exchange, a mayoral aide told media who would speak first, but the sheriff began briefing and a mayoral chief of staff approached to assert the mayor should speak; the moment later circulated online. In a subsequent interview the sheriff said she looks forward to working with the mayor and sent a letter asking that officials agree on which agency briefs the public first at incident scenes. The mayor replied that the response to the crash involved more than local fire rescue and law enforcement, underscoring a dispute over authority at major incidents.
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