It was Petty Officer Scott Ruskan's first Coast Guard mission that earned him the title of a hero.Ruskan, who graduated from Coast Guard Swim School just six months prior, helped rescue 165 people from torrential floods surrounding Camp Mystic in Kerr County,

Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan rescued nearly 200 people during his first mission over the weekend from floods that killed over 100 people.

Scott Ruskan, a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer, is being hailed as an ‘American Hero’ after he saved as many as 165 children from catastrophic flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas. The 26-year-old New Jersey native,