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

Scott Ruskan, a 26-year-old rescue swimmer with the U.S. Coast Guard, is being applauded as an "American hero" after his first mission saw him save 165 people affected by the flash floods in Texas.

Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan helped save 165 people after the Guadalupe River surged by more than 20 feet in less ...

Scott Ruskan had never been on a rescue mission when he boarded a helicopter to find a crowd of about 200 campers stranded by ...

Republicans and Democrats unite in praising Scott Ruskan, who risked his life to save 165 people amid the Texas floods.

Petty Officer Scott Ruskan, from New Jersey, was part of the emergency team sent to Camp Mystic, one of the worst-hit areas ...

Once the crew was on the ground, Ruskan, who joined the Coast Guard in 2021, was assigned to the scene at Camp Mystic. There, ...

Petty Officer Scott Ruskan is being hailed as a hero after rescuing 165 flood victims during his very first rescue mission ...

Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer and New Jersey native, is credited with saving lives ...

Scott Ruskan, a Warren County resident, is being hailed as a hero for his rescue efforts during the deadly flooding in ...

Scott Ruskan helped rescue at least 165 people, many of them young children at a summer camp that was hit the hardest.