A 26-year-old Coast Guard rescue swimmer is being hailed as an American hero after saving 165 lives during his first-ever mission—responding to the devastating Independence Day flash floods that ravaged Central Texas. Petty Officer Scott Ruskan, a former KPMG accountant from New Jersey, deployed to the flood-hit Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer camp, where he played a key role in triaging and evacuating victims.
The U.S. Coast Guard made a massive drug bust this month, offloading 28,000 pounds of cocaine worth $211.3 million at Port Everglades on Thursday. The haul was the result of four major interdictions in the Eastern Pacific, led by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter team.
