A little girl was saved by a Coast Guard helicopter crew in mid-July after she was swept away from a beach in California.

An 11-year-old girl was rescued from dangerous ocean waters on Thursday afternoon, according to the California Coast Guard.• ...

KERR COUNTY, Texas – Amid the devastating Hill Country floods, one U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer is being recognized for his bravery. Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan, 26, was credited ...

(CNN) — It was Petty Officer Scott Ruskan’s first mission as a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer. The 26-year-old was new to the Coast Guard. He had left a previous career as an accountant before ...

That toll might have been higher if not for the efforts of U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan, a rescue swimmer who hails from Oxford Township in northwestern New Jersey’s Warren County ...

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer is being hailed as a hero for helping save 165 kids on his first mission during Friday's flash floods in Texas. New Jersey native Scott Ruskan, 26, used to be an ...

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer is already being hailed as an “American hero ... Petty Officer Ruskan — who was in charge of triage at Camp Mystic, the Christian girls’ summer camp that saw some of the ...

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer is being called an American hero by many after he rescued over 200 people from the deadly floods that took place in Texas the weekend of July 4th.

By Zoe Sottile (CNN) — It was Petty Officer Scott Ruskan’s first mission as a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer. The 26-year-old was new to the Coast Guard. He had left a previous career as an ...

Scott Ruskan, a U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer, assisted in the evacuation of 169 people during the Central Texas floods on July 4, 2025, during his first mission.