HOT MIC: Sheriff and Miami Mayor Fight Over Who Is Going to Speak First at Amazon Plane Crash Presser (VIDEO)

An Amazon Boeing 767 cargo plane crashed while landing at Miami International Airport, resulting in five fatalities on the ground and five injuries. Following the incident, an awkward exchange captured on a hot mic revealed a dispute between Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz and Chris Hudtwalcker, Chief of Staff to Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, over who should speak first at the press conference. The Sheriff wrote a letter to the Mayor to clarify authority at incident scenes, referencing a recent change in the police department’s structure.

• An Amazon Boeing 767 cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport, killing five people on the ground and injuring five others.
• A hot mic recorded an exchange between Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz and Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s Chief of Staff, Chris Hudtwalcker, regarding who should speak first at a press conference.
• Hudtwalcker believed the Mayor should speak first due to her responsibility for the airport, while the Sheriff insisted a public safety officer should lead.
• The Sheriff later wrote a letter to the Mayor to establish clear protocols for authority at incident scenes, referencing the recent transition of the Miami-Dade Police Department to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.