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By Aldgra Fredly Contributing Writer A Coast Guard rescue swimmer, Scott Ruskan, is being hailed as a hero for helping to ...

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

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 ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — A rescue swimmer assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi is being called a hero for ...

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

A young Coast Guard member saves 165 people and one man who lost his family to a flood is working to help those affected this year.

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer from New Jersey was singled out as a hero after saving the lives of nearly 200 people over ...

A member of the U.S. Coast Guard is being hailed as a hero for rescuing over 160 people during the catastrophic flash floods ...

A U.S. Coast Guard swimmer from New Jersey, who finished basic training last year, saved 165 lives on his first mission during the Independence Day flood in Kerr County.

(The Center Square) – A U.S. Coast Guard swimmer from New Jersey, who finished basic training last year, saved 165 lives on ...

Scott Ruskan finished his training with the coast guard just six months ago; the Texas floods were his first rescue mission.