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

"Hero," said former NFL star and current CBS analyst J.J. Watt. Watt, who became a star with the Houston Texans, has been a longtime supporter of the Armed Forces and military. His reverence for ...

The 26-year-old was new to the Coast Guard. He had left a previous career as an accountant before enlisting, and had ...

A U.S. Coast Guard swimmer from New Jersey, who finished basic training last year, saved 165 lives on his first mission ...

On his first-ever mission, Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan helped save 165 children from Camp Mystic during the ...

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

Scott Ruskan helped rescue at least 165 people, many of them young children at a summer camp that was hit the hardest.

As families and individuals head to local beaches, officials remind them to take precautions and respect the elements.

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

Rescue swimmers from Tahoe Douglas operated from Marine 24 in coordination with Marine 17 and Marine 3, conducting multiple recovery efforts. Tahoe-Douglas Firefighter-Paramedic Matt Stevenston ...