A first more than successful rescue operation for Scott Ruskan. This US coast guard officer rescued 165 people during the floods that charged the lives of at least 89 people in Texas.
Based at Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday, 26, it was called this Friday, July 4 to go to the mystical camp. 750 young people gathered there for a Christian summer camp along the Guadalupe River. According to the National Meteorological Service, the National Meteorological Service, the river has reached its second registered registered, water has reached in certain areas “the level of a centenary flood”, an flood that has a risk of 100 every year.
“They want comfort, someone to save them”
There, the role of Scott Ruskan is simple: find and then collect the victims scattered in the camp before organizing their evacuation by helicopter thanks to the 12 planes deployed by the US authorities.
“I had a mission to achieve. All these people look at you, terrified, with a distant appearance. They want comfort, someone to save them,” Soberly tells lifeguard to New York Times.
This first successful mission has depended on Scott Ruskan to be described as “American hero” by Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Internal Security of the United States. “His selfless courage embodies the spirit and mission of the Coast Guard,” he welcomes X, describing the rescuer as “the only classification coordinator.”
The balance of 89 dead remains provisional. At least a dozen children participating in this summer camp are still missing. “More than 400 rescuers and more than 20 agencies” are deployed in Kerr County, according to Larry Lethia’s local sheriff. Cinofilo teams also mobilize, while the state of the natural disaster was declared Friday by the Tejano Governor, Greg Abbott.
Source: BFM TV
