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Members of the U.S. Coast Guard are sharing powerful stories from recent flood rescues in Central Texas. One rescuer recalled ...
Coast Guard officers heroically rescued nearly 200 people during the Texas Hill Country floods.
A Coast Guard team, including Scott Ruskan, saved nearly 200 lives from flooding at Camp Mystic during Independence Day, amid ...
Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan rescued nearly 200 people including children from Camp Mystic during catastrophic ...
It was Scott Ruskan’s first mission as a rescue swimmer for the U.S. Coast Guard on the Fourth of July along the Guadalupe River.
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 26-year-old New Jersey native is being hailed as a hero for his part in saving at least 165 people from Friday’s ...
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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Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done ...