A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer is being called an American hero by many after he rescued nearly 200 people from the deadly ...

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan rescued 169 people in the deadly Texas floods, including girls from Camp Mystic, ...

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

Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan, 26, was credited with saving 169 kids from the floods on the morning of July 4 in Kerr ...

Ben Cournia, the swimmer who orchestrated the rescue of the Minouche, started his class with 9 trainees. He was one of three that graduated—and for one of those guys, it was his second time trying.

This new group of rescue swimmers bridges that gap. "I want to make it clear that the rescue swimmer program does not replace our existing programs, but enhances those programs," said Deputy Chief ...

So the two of those together are what make U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmers the best when everything does go wrong or could go wrong. That rescue swimmer can still stay calm, if that makes sense.

Rescue swimmers helped save over 3,000 people — overall, the Coast Guard rescued more than 33,000 — in the aftermath of the Category 5 hurricane that devastated New Orleans in 2005.

Rescue swimmers and combat medics in other military services also have the "so others may live" quote on their patches and clothing.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — A rescue swimmer assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi is being called a hero for ...

The Navy dedicated a surface rescue swimmer training pool at Naval Base San Diego in honor of Steward’s Mate 1st Class Charles Jackson French on May 21, 2022. (U.S. Navy) ...