FEMA search and rescue chief resigns
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Ken Pagurek told colleagues the delay was the tipping point after months of frustration with the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency.
Kristi Noem suggested FEMA’s response to deadly Texas flooding was a model for the future. A resigning FEMA official apparently doesn’t see it that way.
As contaminated Guadalupe River water receded following the deadly flooding in Kerrville, Texas, this month, residents returned to find their homes, vehicles and businesses destroyed.
Captain Ken Pagurek of Pennsylvania Task Force 1 talks to CNN after his 12-hour shift searching the rubble of a collapsed condo in Surfside, Florida. CNN.