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By Aldgra Fredly Contributing Writer A Coast Guard rescue swimmer, Scott Ruskan, is being hailed as a hero for helping to ...

In the chaos of Central Texas’s recent floods, a 26-year-old Coast Guard rescue swimmer named Scott Ruskan emerged as an ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — US Coast Guard-Sector Corpus Christi Rescue Swimmer Scott Ruskan is being called "An American Hero" ...

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

A 26-year-old New Jersey native is being hailed as a hero for his part in saving at least 165 people from Friday’s ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — A rescue swimmer assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi is being called a hero for ...

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

A young Coast Guard member saves 165 people and one man who lost his family to a flood is working to help those affected this year.

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer from New Jersey was singled out as a hero after saving the lives of nearly 200 people over ...

Scott Ruskan finished his training with the coast guard just six months ago; the Texas floods were his first rescue mission.