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Four Coast Guard officers performed rescues in the floods, saving nearly 200 people in dangerous conditions. They describe the memories.
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard are sharing powerful stories from recent flood rescues in Central Texas. One rescuer recalled spotting a young girl in the back of a rescue vehicle, tears streaming down her face.
A Coast Guard team, including Scott Ruskan, saved nearly 200 lives from flooding at Camp Mystic during Independence Day, amid an event that claimed 27 lives at the camp and 82 in total.
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 devastating floods in Texas, most of them girls from Camp Mystic.
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U.S. Coast Guard rescues two from a sinking boat near Bald Head Island, NC; both individuals safely returned to shore.
U.S. Coast Guard said it was called in to assist with the rescue after the "local fire departments were unable to safely rescue the boys."
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a man Tuesday after he became trapped in a swampy marsh south of Olympia. The rescue operation began after Thurston County dispatch requested assistance for a man stranded in the wetlands near Plumb, Washington.
The U.S. Coast Guard's elite surfmen are trusted to drive lifeboats on the most challenging rescue missions. They train in some of the worst weather and on the highest seas in America.
Dramatic video footage of the rescue shared by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) shows a helicopter crew from Astoria using harnesses to rescue the two 14-year-olds on July 5 from Roads End Point, ...