Inside the Daring Coast Guard Mission That Saved 184 People at Camp Mystic During the Texas Floods
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- Scott C. Ruskan is an aviation survival technician, better known as a rescue swimmer.
- It takes most rescue swimmers about six months to qualify to stand on duty, but Ruskan qualified in just three months.
- On July 2, a flash flood warning was issued at 1:14 a.m. near Camp Mystic, a summer camp for girls.
- A few hours later, Ruskan and three others on duty on the Coast Guard rescue team signed in for their 24-hour shift.
THE SKY SHIMMERED a steely blue. the temperature pushed 90 degrees. It was July 2, another hot summer day in Corpus Christi, Texas. Petty Officer Scott C. Ruskan spent the morning being dunked upside [+24850 chars]
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