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Trump recounts daring Texas flood rescue, reunites camper with Coast Guard swimmer at SOTU

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President Donald Trump recounted the heroic rescue of an 11-year-old girl, Milly Cate McClymond, from the vicious floodwaters that tore through Texas in July 2025, reuniting the young girl with the Coast Guard hero who saved her during his primetime address to the nation. "You all remember that one as the waters threatened to sweep her away … 11-year-old Milly Cate McClymond closed her eyes and prayed to God – she thought she was going to die," Trump said Tuesday during his State of the Union address. "Those prayers were answered when Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan descended from a he...