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

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

Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan, 26, a helicopter crew member, braved the dangerous waters to rescue dozens, according ...

Scott Ruskan had only been a fully trained Coast Guard rescue swimmer for six months when he saved 165 campers from Camp ...

Scott Ruskan, a Rider University graduate and Coast Guard rescue swimmer, is credited with rescuing 165 people, mostly kids ...

A New Jersey man with the U.S. Coast Guard is being hailed as a hero for helping rescue more than 165 people from the deadly ...

Scott Ruskan, a 26-year-old rescue swimmer with the U.S. Coast Guard, is being applauded as an "American hero" after his ...

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

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

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

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.