{"id":279,"date":"2025-07-08T06:24:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T06:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=279"},"modified":"2025-07-08T06:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T06:24:36","slug":"coast-guard-member-who-saved-165-flood-victims-i-was-just-doing-my-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=279","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard member who saved 165 flood victims: &#8216;I was just doing my job&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5430-1-682x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5430-1-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5430-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5430-1-768x1153.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5430-1-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5430-1-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5430-1.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Brief<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan rescued 165 people during his first-ever mission amid Texas\u2019 catastrophic floods.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ruskan stayed behind at Camp Mystic to triage victims on-site, allowing his helicopter to rescue more people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>U.S. officials, including DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, hailed Ruskan as an &#8220;American Hero&#8221; for his bravery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5431-1-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5431-1-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5431-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5431-1.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Petty Officer Scott Ruskan is being hailed as a hero after rescuing 165 flood victims during his very first rescue mission amid the catastrophic flooding that struck central Texas late last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an appearance on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; Monday morning, the 26-year-old Coast Guard rescue swimmer said he and his helicopter crew were &#8220;battling some pretty bad weather&#8221; for around five or six hours before he was able to get on scene in the Hunt area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scott Ruskan, Coast Guard member, saves flood victims<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Once we got on scene, we were boots on the ground,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We made the decision to leave me there, we figured we would be able to hoist more people out on our helicopter with me not on it and then I would be able to help out the scene at Camp Mystic a little bit better.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruskan added, &#8220;A lot of people looking very scared, very tired, cold. 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And I was just trying to be a voice of calm and triage these people and get them to safety as soon as we could.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruskan mentioned that other crews were getting into the water on Friday, &#8220;risking way more&#8221; than he was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RELATED:\u00a0FOX donates to Texas flooding relief; how you can help<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I was just doing my job,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top US officials call Ruskan an \u2018American hero\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His actions during the flooding near Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River have drawn national attention and recognition from top U.S. officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RELATED:\u00a0Coast Guard rescue swimmer hailed as hero for saving 165 in Texas flooding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, posted about Ruskan&#8217;s recovery efforts on X on Friday, calling him an &#8220;American Hero&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brief Petty Officer Scott Ruskan is being hailed as a hero after rescuing 165 flood victims during his very first rescue mission amid the catastrophic flooding that struck central &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions\/282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}