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

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

This is the story of a first mission that turned a rookie into a hero. A young U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Texas was ...

Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan rescued nearly 200 people including children from Camp Mystic during catastrophic ...

He stayed behind alone to comfort terrified campers while floodwaters rose around them. This Coast Guard hero was on his ...

It was Scott Ruskan’s first mission as a rescue swimmer for the U.S. Coast Guard on the Fourth of July along the Guadalupe River.

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 ...

A member of the U.S. Coast Guard is being hailed as a hero for rescuing over 160 people during the catastrophic flash floods ...

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A Coast Guard rescue swimmer made an appearance on ABC's Good Morning America on Monday morning, July 7, to discuss the ...

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