Leo Romero Jr. turns 19 years old on Wednesday, but the milestone is bittersweet. He is missing his father, stepmother and 2-year-old brother after a catastrophic flood ripped their home from its ...

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 ...

Scott Ruskan, a 26-year-old Coast Guard rescue swimmer from New Jersey, was hailed as an "American Hero" after saving 165 lives during his first rescue mission in Kerrville, Texas, amidst severe flash ...

Petty Officer Ruskan, 26, was called out to Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp that was housing 750 girls when the ...

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

Ruskan, a 26-year-old U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer from New Jersey, saved 165 lives during his first mission in the ...

Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan, 26, was credited with saving 169 kids from the floods on the morning of July 4 in Kerr ...

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.

Around 200 campers at the all-girls Christian camp needed to be rescued, Ruskan said. With bridges and roadways overcome by floodwaters and the water too high for boat rescues, the ...

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 ...

As parts of Texas deal with the loss of more than 100 people, there have been heroes. While drones have hampered rescue ...

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.