Alcee Hastings

A University of Miami student and ROTC member is on his way to West Point after NBC 6 Investigators reported on the tough spot similar candidates were in following the death of Rep. Alcee Hastings. Each member of Congress gets to make ten nominations to the military academies from their local district. That was not possible for candidates like Justin...

When the late Rep. Alcee Hastings passed away earlier this year, a group of military candidates stood in a tough spot because they had no local members to nominate them to the prestigious military academies. NBC 6 investigator Phil Prazan reports.