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

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

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

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

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

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Scott Ruskan, a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer, is being hailed as an ‘American Hero’ after he saved as many as 165 children ...

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.

It was Petty Officer Scott Ruskan’s first mission as a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer. The 26-year-old was new to the Coast Guard. He had left a previous career as an accountant before enlisting ...

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

Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan is already being hailed an "American hero" after his very first mission -- helping to save the lives of 165 Texas flash-flood victims.