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In the chaos of Central Texas’s recent floods, a 26-year-old Coast Guard rescue swimmer named Scott Ruskan emerged as an ...

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 ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — A rescue swimmer assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi is being called a hero for ...

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

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

A young Coast Guard member saves 165 people and one man who lost his family to a flood is working to help those affected this year.

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer from New Jersey was singled out as a hero after saving the lives of nearly 200 people over ...

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

A U.S. Coast Guard swimmer from New Jersey, who finished basic training last year, saved 165 lives on his first mission during the Independence Day flood in Kerr County.

Scott Ruskan finished his training with the coast guard just six months ago; the Texas floods were his first rescue mission.

Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan from NJ has been hailed an "American hero" for rescuing those in the Texas floods.