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

Camp Mystic has been devastated by the catastrophic flooding in Texas. U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter Pilot Lt. Ian Hopper aided ...

Scott Ruskan, 26, a helicopter rescue swimmer from New Jersey, was praised for his life-saving efforts after he was deployed ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The 26-year-old had left his previous career as an accountant before enlisting, and had graduated from rescue swimming school ...

Scott Ruskan, a Coast Guard swimmer, is credited with saving 165 people at the all-girls’ camp from deadly floods in Central ...

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

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

"The real heroes are the kids on the ground, those guys are heroic, dealing with the worst time of their lives and staying ...