Scott Ruskan, a 26-year-old Coast Guard swimmer, conducted his first rescue operation during devastating floods in Central Texas. On July 4, he responded to an emergency call and was deployed to Camp Mystic, where approximately 750 girls were at risk. Despite challenging weather conditions, his team saved 165 people from the camp. The operation involved over 1,700 responders utilizing various resources. Several harrowing rescue stories emerged, highlighting the danger faced by individuals during the flooding, which resulted in over 80 fatalities across the region.
Ruskan and his team took off on a helicopter around 7 a.m. Central time Friday to the camp, near Hunt, Texas. It took them nearly six hours to reach San Antonio because of poor visibility and challenging weather conditions.
Ruskan was credited with saving 165 people from Camp Mystic, an all-girls' Christian summer camp that became a hub of loss in the catastrophic floods.
Many rescue stories over the past 48 hours have been harrowing. A mother and her 19-year-old son survived by clinging onto each other and a tree.
Scott Ruskan's first rescue operation involved more than 1,700 emergency responders searching for those unaccounted in floods that killed over 80 people.
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