This is Scott Ruskan, the US Coast Guard hero who saved 165 campers from the floods at Camp Mystic. He's 26 years old, and this was his first mission.
Even during an awful tragedy like this, heroes like him inspire hope.
Article about him:
What was Ruskan’s role in the rescue?
He was in charge of triage and helped coordinate the evacuation of people from a flooded summer camp.
The guy has Elijah Wood vibes
Massive eyes that are a lighter blue than you normally see.
Well done Petty Officer.
Am I getting even worse at reading? I didn't see anywhere in that article where it actually says what he did. How is it that he specifically saved them. Seems like that's too many people to have personally picked them up on his back and carried them to safety. Feels a bit like the Family Guy segment where Lois constantly says '9/11' to win political arguments. "He saved 165 campers!"
That being said, I'm very glad he was there doing his job and was able to save 165 people from dying... somehow.
He's lucky Elon Musk didn't have some half-baked idea (like a rocket that released life vests when it exploded) to save these campers or he'd be smearing him about now.
Where is this pool in a giant tent with high top bar tables?
Probably a Texas city, where it actually gets too hot for outdoor pools in the summer.
Looks like a public pool that may have been sold or rented out to a private event company.
What is hopeposting about this?
Yeah it’s a fine line at this point.
Now he gets 100% of the ladies.
Yeah, looks like he had a rough time lol.
Good for him, but isn't that his job? Do we have to be thankful when people do their jobs? Isn't that what we all do?! Do they want to give him a participation ribbon or something? Not dissing the guy, at least someone did their job, just saying. Don't fall for the distraction propaganda. Fight the power.
I think it's a sharp contrast with the cops that let a school shooting happen while they were outside, for example
Yes, we should expect people to do their jobs. In an ideal world, that is. This world is far from ideal where we have ICE, trump, shit cops, etc.
1000x this. I have two uncles who are retired USCG and a few other family members who volunteered with the USCG Auxiliary. I’ve met a USCG helo pilot as well as a number of small boat crew. What these people train for and the conditions they can operate in would make the vast majority of us (including cops) run in fear. We’re talking flying a helicopter into hurricane force winds, rescue swimmers jumping into 20 foot waves, etc. all to rescue a boat full of complete strangers. Then there are the surf boat crews that will pilot a 47 foot lifeboat into similar conditions. Those boats are actually designed to roll over 360 degrees so that they’ll self-right if a wave rolls them over.
I have the utmost respect for all of these people who regularly put themselves in harms way to help rescue others.
I wanted to reference Uvalde myself but figured it would pop up in the comments!
Do we have to be thankful when people do their jobs?
Only if your parents raised you to be decent I suppose.
Its hope posting, its the theme of the community. You can't always focus on the depressing stuff. Its a nice balance to focus on the good things people are doing as well.
If a paramedic saves my life, I am very thankful to them. I don’t care that the only reason they were there is because they’re paid to be there, humanitarian work on all levels deserves acknowledgement.
When the standard for the military is killing people, I think saving your fellow citizens deserves an applause doesn't it you fucking rat bastard?
Actually, the standard for the coast guard, of which this fellow belongs, is to rescue people. Great job kid. Let's not lose sight of the problem.
some people criticized, what about the other rescuers, civilians that also helped out. i think MSMs only did it because he was part of the services and white(also FOX was one of the msm that interviewed him first.)
Let's call it what it is: propaganda
They trotted out this story the moment the death toll hit 80, and wouldn't you know it, this one guy saved DOUBLE that number of people. So really, we should be thanking this guy and praising the coast guard, right?
Not thinking about the fact that this was a preventable disaster directly resulting from the government spending cuts to critical weather monitoring services because they dont want to have climate change reported on.
Nobody swims into a flooding river for the shitty pay, dude.
Dude, shut the fuck up, nobody asked you.
Ditto!
I am happy for him. It's not often you get a chance to make a difference like that.
These last two and the next few days will be the sacrifice he doesn't know he is making until 10-20 years from now.
Your rescues will fade in time, but you can never forget your recoveries.
How do you mean sacrifice?
My guess would be mental health.
“Recoveries” likely means finding the people who didn’t survive.
Broadfern is 100% correct.