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Coast Guard Swimmer Honored After Saving 165 People in Texas Flash Floods

Search and rescue operations continue around the clock with over 20 people still missing in central Texas

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Overview

  • Ruskin served as the only ground triage coordinator at Camp Mystic near Kerrville during his first active mission
  • His coordination helped rescue 165 people swept away by flash floods along the Guadalupe River
  • A stalled storm on July 4 unleashed a 26-foot wall of water along the Guadalupe River, cutting off camps and communities
  • The confirmed death toll has risen to 51 with over 20 people still missing as Coast Guard, National Guard and DPS helicopters sustain nonstop air rescues
  • Coast Guard rescue swimmers undergo a yearlong training pipeline that includes EMT certification and rigorous physical evaluations, with an 80% attrition rate