Scott Ruskan, the Coast Guard swimmer who rescued approximately 165 people, mostly children, from the devastating flash floods at Camp Mystic, in Texas.

“I kind of discovered I was the only person there as far as first responders go. [It was] kids mostly. All scared, terrified, cold, having probably the worst day of their life. And I just kind of needed to triage them, get them to a higher level of care and get ’em off the flood zone.”