Rubio asks feds to fix jetty where Marlins pitcher died

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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., wants the federal government to help improve a Miami Beach jetty a Major League Baseball pitcher was killed in a boating accident.

Jose Fernandez, a 24-year-old pitcher for the Miami Marlins, was one of three men who died early Sunday morning when his boat crashed into a jetty. Rubio has asked the Coast Guard and Department of the Army to work to improve the visibility of the jetty.

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