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.

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Search and rescue operations remain underway in Central Texas following the devastating floods over the Fourth of July ...

Their vehicle for the mission was the Coast Guard’s iconic MH-65E Dolphin helicopter. It’s powered by two Turbomeca Arriel ...

The workers were between five to six miles from the sole entry and exit point of the tunnel and about 400 feet below ground. They climbed over a 12- to 15-foot high mound of loose soil to reach four ...

Coast Guard Lieutenant Blair Oguiofor was one of more than 1,700 emergency responders who headed to central Texas.

Celebrate the bravery of local Coast Guardsmen recognized for heroic flood rescues at the Salute to the Military event in ...

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 ...

Young men, he said, are “told that competitive games are wrong,” that “ambition is pathological,” that marriage is an ...

Texas, weighs in on some Democrats politicizing Texas' flash floods and commends the state's 'inspirational' rescue efforts ...

The Texas flooding earlier this month was one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in recent memory. The death toll is ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — US Coast Guard-Sector Corpus Christi Rescue Swimmer Scott Ruskan is being called "An American Hero" ...