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 ...

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

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on X: "United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer and Petty Officer Scott Ruskin, ...

On his first-ever mission, Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan helped save 165 children from Camp Mystic during the ...

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 ...

A U.S. Coast Guard swimmer from New Jersey, who finished basic training last year, saved 165 lives on his first mission ...

Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan is being hailed as a hero after saving 165 people during his first-ever mission amid ...

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

Scott Ruskan, a U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer and petty officer from Oxford Township in Warren County, completed his first rescue mission.

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.

The 26-year-old was new to the Coast Guard. He had left a previous career as an accountant before enlisting, and had graduated from rescue swimming school around six months ago when his team got the ...