“The real characters were the children on the ground”

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• Scott Rusk, a US coastal guard, a rescue swimmer, helped coordinate the rescue of 165 people in a Mystic camp against the background of the deadly flood in Central Texas on Friday, July 5th

• He went with a team for what would be his first mission in the role, saying, “I was just on the duty crew”

• “They just know,” Hey, this man is a professional and he’s here to help us. “And I somehow had to fulfill this standard,” he was thinking about the kids he met against the background of saving

A young coastal savior on the coast security is welcomed as a hero after saving 165 people in a Mystic camp against the background of the devastating flood in Texas.

Around 7am on Friday, July 4th, Scott Rusk was on duty at the U.S. Air Station Corps in Texas when the call came to his team to respond to a deadly flood that was blurred in central Texas.

“I just accidentally on duty crew,” said 26-year-old New Jersey native while he appeared on Monday, July 7, episode of Good morning AmericaS

He noted that the flight between the Corps of Christie, Texas and Hunt, Texas would usually only take about an hour. However, “some pretty serious time” led to “some of the oldest flying we have ever dealt with.”

Ruskan estimated that the flight had actually taken between seven and eight hours. After they arrived, they landed at a Mystiic camp, a girl camp along the Guadalupe River.

“We decided to leave me on the stage at the Mystic camp. It was a kind of our main triage site that we were trying to help,” he recalled, explaining that the thought process was that he would free up more space on the savior helicopter so that the victims could be taken to safety.

He continued, saying, “I somehow found that I was the only person there for the first reacting ones. So I had about 200, children the most. All the frightened, horrified, cold, probably had the eldest day of my life. And I just had to go out to a higher level of care.

The heroic first respondent worked with members of the National Guard of the United States Army to charge people for safety.

“We somehow invented two different landing areas. There was one of the archery and then one in a football field. We were able to land those 60s [rescue helicopters] there. I was the kind of the main person when it comes to catching people, “he said.

To bring them safely, Ruskan added that he led groups of 10 and 15 children and some of the adults at the scene. Their goal was to fly them to another landing area, which “was some safe advertising, there were more first responding than just.”

After graduating from his rescue swimmer, who only trained six months earlier, it was Rusk’s first attempt, saving life on that scale.

“I really just relied on the training we get. The swimmers of the rescue security guard of the coastal security are getting some of the highest level of training in the world. So it really just relying on it, just knowing that one of the rescue swimmers in the coast guard would do the same if not better than I do,” he said.

He was also supported by the children on the stage, which he knew he was relieving his skills.

“They don’t really know what my experience is or my rank or my age,” he said. “They just know,” Hey, this man is a professional and he’s here to help us. “And I somehow had to meet this standard.”

While he is welcomed as a hero, he has a different perspective: “The real characters, in my opinion, were the children on earth,” he told GmaS “These guys are heroic and dealt with some of the oldest times of their lives. They remained strong. It helped me inspire and help them.”

Ruskan joined the coast guards in 2021, according to New York PostS

“So we generally brought the bigger part of the people from the Mystic camp, which is great. And I have the feeling that we have done a very good that day, but obviously this is still super sad,” he told The PostS “Many people are still missing and not reporting, so the mission is not over. It’s not over for us.

In an official statement, Camp Mystic confirmed that 27 camps and advisers were killed in flooding. According to CNN reporting, 10 of the camps and one advisor are also among the missing.

“Our hearts are broken with our families who withstand this unthinkable tragedy. We pray for them constantly,” the organization wrote, “we are deeply grateful for the pouring of support from the community, the first answers and employees at every level.”

Among the dead is the owner of the camp Richard Dick Eastland.

“[H]was the last act of kindness and victim worked to save the life of the camps, “Paige W. Sumner, a tribute to Eastland, who survived his wife and co-directorial tweet in Eastland, at The Kerrville Daily TimesS

The current number of deaths against the background of the flood has increased to at least 82 people with more missing, according to the latest CNN estimates.

As the area continues to suffer from rain, the US National Meteorological Service for Austin-san Antonio has announced on Facebook that Fillast’s flood remains in force until 19:00 on Monday, July 7.

To learn how to help support the victims and efforts to recover from floods in Texas, click here.

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