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

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 rescued over 200 people during his first mission over the weekend from floods that ...

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 ...

Scott Ruskan, a rescue swimmer for the U.S. Coast Guard, is being hailed as a hero for his response to the devastating ...

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

On his very first mission, amid catastrophic flooding in Central Texas, Scott Ruskan, a 26-year-old Coast Guard rescue ...

Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan, 26, saved 165 people during his first-ever mission amid catastrophic Texas flooding.

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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 ...

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan rescued 169 people in the deadly Texas floods, including girls from Camp Mystic, ...

Scott Ruskan, a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer, and his team are credited with saving 165 people during the deadly flooding in ...