Four Coast Guard officers performed rescues in the floods, saving nearly 200 people in dangerous conditions. They describe ...

The mission proved to be much more arduous than expected for her and her small crew of four, all of whom are first tour ...

An urgent alert was issued, and a Coast Guard helicopter and 45-foot response boat were deployed to search for the missing ...

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

The team deployed around 7 a.m. Friday from Corpus Christi, about 200 miles south of where the Guadalupe River in Kerr County ...

U.S. Coast Guard said it was called in to assist with the rescue after the "local fire departments were unable to safely ...

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard are sharing powerful stories from recent flood rescues in Central Texas. One rescuer recalled ...

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a man Tuesday after he became trapped in a swampy marsh south of Olympia. The ...

The U.S. Coast Guard released footage of a helicopter rescuing a man who was trapped in a swampy marsh near Offutt Lake in ...

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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 ...

Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan helped save 165 people after the Guadalupe River surged by more than 20 feet in less than two hours early Friday in Texas.