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

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 ...

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

Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer and New Jersey native, is credited with saving lives ...

Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan helped save 165 people after the Guadalupe River surged by more than 20 feet in less ...

Coast Guard air crews hoisted people from flooded RV rooftops to escape fast-rising floodwaters in Kerrville. At least 95 ...

Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan rescued nearly 200 people including children from Camp Mystic during catastrophic ...

Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan, 26, a helicopter crew member, braved the dangerous waters to rescue dozens, according ...

Rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan describes what it was like on his first mission with the US Coast Guard rescuing children from ...

Petty Officer Scott Ruskan speaks with Fox News' Lawrence Jones in Kerrville, Texas, to reflect on the heroic rescue mission ...

President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill earmarks more than $8.6 billion to increase the U.S. Coast Guard ...

South Florida serves as a key hub for these efforts, with the Joint Interagency Task Force-South in Key West coordinating ...