New Jersey Coast Guard swimmer rescues nearly 200 people in deadly Texas flash floods

A United States Coast Guard rescue swimmer from New Jersey is being called a hero after rescuing close to people following flash floods in Central Texas Petty Officer rd Class Scott Ruskan was singled out by U S Department of Homeland Measure Secretary Kristi Noem for his efforts saving casualties as the only triage coordinator at the scene of the floods United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer and Petty Officer Scott Ruskin Ruskan directly saved an astonishing casualties in the devastating flooding in central Texas This was the first rescue mission of his career and he was the only triage coordinator at the scene Scott Ruskin is an American hero His selfless courage embodies the spirit and mission of the USCG Noem s posted to her social media account on X CAMP MYSTIC DIRECTOR DIES WHILE TRYING TO SAVE KIDS DURING TEXAS FLOODINGRuskan noted in an interview on Fox and Friends that they were in the air when they saw a huge crowd of about kids at a campsite That is how they decided to focus on Camp Mystic Yeah as far as right now we ve been getting our tasks from higher above mostly from the Army as of right now But a lot of it has just been large state triages so we were at Mystic the previous evening for a long period of time We allegedly got about people out of there alone and it was just yeah we just saw a huge crowd about kids at a campsite So we're like cool that's where we're gonna go and we're just gonna get as numerous people out as we can until they're all gone Scott explained Fox and Friends TEXAS FLOOD SURVIVORS SHARE HARROWING STORIES SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THOSE STILL MISSINGKerr County Sheriff's Office says that as of pm Sunday they had recovered deceased in Kerr County Among those who are deceased we have adults and children Eighteen adults are pending identification and children also pending identification At present there are Camp Mystic campers unaccounted for along with one counselor they posted to Facebook CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPSearch and rescue operations are ongoing they explained and there is a full response from local state and national first responders We continue to have hundreds of officers deputies and patronage staff working every aspect of this emergency along with air water K and other assets conducting search and rescue the sheriff s office explained