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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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