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Marlins star Jose Fernandez dies in boating accident at 24

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/marlins-star-jose-fernandez-dies-in-boating-accident-131251128.html

RIP.

Also captivating was his story. Fernandez was born in Cuba and successfully defected when he was 15, his third attempt to leave Cuba. That, too, was also tragic. In their escape from Cuba, his mother had fallen off the boat they were on and young Jose swam 60 feet in chopping waves to save her. He carried her to the boat on his back.

Fernandez eventually took up residence in Florida, where he became a baseball star Braulio Alonso High School in Tampa and an eventual first-round pick by the Marlins in the 2011 draft. He became a U.S. citizen in 2015.