The team deployed around 7 a.m. Friday from Corpus Christi, about 200 miles south of where the Guadalupe River in Kerr County ...

Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan from NJ has been hailed an "American hero" for rescuing those in the Texas floods.

Scott Ruskan, a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer, is being hailed as an ‘American Hero’ after he saved as many as 165 children ...

Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan rescued over 200 people during his first mission over the weekend from floods that ...

Their vehicle for the mission was the Coast Guard’s iconic MH-65E Dolphin helicopter. It’s powered by two Turbomeca Arriel ...

A US coast guard is being praised as a hero after he helped save 165 people from the Texas flood in his first-ever rescue ...

Scott Ruskan’s actions have garnered praise from many amid the catastrophic flooding in Texas. The Coast Guard rescue swimmer ...

It was Petty Officer Scott Ruskan’s first mission as a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer. The 26-year-old was new to the Coast Guard. He had left a previous career as an accountant before enlisting ...

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A Coast Guard rescue swimmer is already being hailed as an “American hero” after his very first mission — helping to save the ...

Petty Officer Ruskan, 26, was called out to Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp that was housing 750 girls when the ...