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BODY CAM FILES: Military pilot bails before jet crash in Yakima County

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00:09are you the are you the only pilot okay okay okay let me just let me see parachute last racing
00:19yeah it looks like uh I went through some trees on the way down okay yeah all right man thank
00:27you
00:27very much for the help I'm with the sheriff oh it's it's ours and I'm out with the pilot right
00:43now he ejected yeah we're on the on the backside of Rimrock kind of by South Fork Bear Cove area
00:54they're firing aids on their way right now and we got the hillside on fire where the jet landed
01:12okay for services aware they're on that cheese fires on their way and I know that they've been
01:17are you out of Whidbey Island or where are you at it no sir uh so uh I'm out of
01:20uh San Diego we
01:21launched out of Boeing field today okay launch out of Boeing okay um do you have self-service with
01:26I do um do you mind if I make a call sir yeah absolutely just one pilot just one pilot
01:31no
01:32casualties okay there was another plane flying around that plane is RTD okay so yep perfect
01:45no we're good on search and rescue all right thank you bye
01:51hey uh big dog rally's taking us yeah look I'm sorry oh you're good I need to make that call
01:56sir hey buddy hey let me call you right back I'm down with the pilot here I don't know if
02:00you've heard anything so I'll call you in just a minute I just need to start working stuff on my
02:04section yeah so all right I'll let you go all right thanks bye thank you very much I appreciate
02:12you guys yep what kind of jet is that that's an F-18 well that was an F-18 yes
02:16I heard you guys
02:17yep we were doing circles over the the lake doing in some low-level training okay and then I tucked
02:22in
02:23and I'm not sure exactly honestly I'm a little no nope nope you're fine when I tucked in you hit
02:28the
02:28tree bad I went through the trees yeah I'm looking up so like I'm here I'm flying level with the
02:34the bridge line and then yeah I have some adrenaline no here no you're good comes up in my truck
02:39here
02:39take a seat you can make a call go ahead and take a seat you make a call you bet
02:51you know you're good
02:54I mean medicals on their way too I'm very very lucky you are that was that's that's about as close
03:02as it gets
03:14yeah
03:17yeah
03:33No, he is.
03:49He used to be over there.
04:07Lakeside.
04:09We're up there.
04:19Yeah, I got Starlink on this truck.
04:24There you go.
04:25Yeah.
04:32Yeah.
04:38Oh, yeah.
04:46Yeah.
05:09That's what's left of it right there.
05:10Yeah.
05:11Because I seen shit fly down and I must be in your ejection seat.
05:16Yeah.
05:16So that was an F-18.
05:17I came over that tree line.
05:19I hit those trees.
05:20Damn.
05:20And I ejected.
05:22You've got to fly higher.
05:23You need to go higher.
05:24Yes, sir.
05:25I'm sorry.
05:26Thank you for making a few calls.
05:27Yeah.
05:27Do you need it for?
05:28I need to make a more call if that's all right.
05:30Yeah, absolutely.
05:31I don't know if we have a first aid kit.
05:33No, we got some fires on their way too.
05:35Is it minor or what do you think?
05:36It's minor.
05:37It's small lacerations and it's already it's clogged up.
05:39Okay.
05:40In that case, I'm going to prioritize this, so it's all right.
05:42Yeah, absolutely.
05:44Do you have any gear that's still up there?
05:46... forwarded to an automated voice messaging system.
05:48I think it's right there.
05:49Okay.
05:49What do you need?
05:51I don't need...
05:52Do you have a firearm or anything up there?
05:54Nothing?
05:54Okay.
05:54It's just a retrospective.
05:56Okay.
05:58Okay.
05:58Okay.
06:00No, sure.
06:00Sure.
06:17Okay.
06:18It's all sitting there.
06:20Okay.
06:29It's all sitting there.
06:32Hey, Capstone.
06:33It's Major Simon.
06:34Hey, buddy.
06:35I just crashed.
06:36I need you to do some stuff for you.
06:39Are you okay?
06:40I'm okay.
06:41Thank you, man.
06:42He's good.
06:42Hey, I need to pass you five W's and coordinate the Wave Off Seesaw and coordinate if you haven't
06:48missed out.
06:49At least it ain't getting out of hand over there.
06:51Yeah.
06:55Yeah, if you wanna...
06:56You wanna move your car.
06:57Yeah.
06:58We're gonna have fire and stuff coming.
06:59Oh, thank you very much.
07:00I appreciate it.
07:00We were just trying to flag in there.
07:01No problem.
07:02Yep.
07:02I need a little bit for you.
07:04We need to come back.
07:05Yeah, let go.
07:08I need a little bit for you, maybe.
07:09Yeah.
07:13Oh, I can't.
07:21I'm not.
07:22You can't.
07:24You can't keep following up.
07:25I appreciate that.
07:29Ninety-pulze.
07:29What did you have?
07:30We were camping just literally.
07:31I just heard about that.
07:32We were camping just literally.
07:34you can just update fire the pilot has small lacerations but he's put four at the moment
07:40and he's in contact with his channel down on there involving the crash
07:48I have a copy pilot is 10 to 4 he has small lacerations but he's making contact with his
08:04crash approximately give a timestamp 1217 Pacific Standard Time in vicinity of the BR-1355 point charlie
08:22it was CFIT
08:28pilot ejected pilot safe minor injuries in contact with uh sheriff's department crash
08:38fire rescue being coordinated uh sees our attempt not necessary
08:47just glad you're okay it's a big thing
08:52like without exaggeration that is without as close as you can tell you all
08:59I remember what else
09:00uh
09:02yeah
09:03yeah
09:04yeah
09:05yeah
09:06yeah
09:08yeah
09:37I'm sorry.
09:51And so I'll give us your luck.
09:56Oh, you're good.
09:59Oh, come on.
10:04I, uh, OK, OK.
10:07And if at any point, too, if you need to use your phone, I have Starlink.
10:10Oh, really?
10:11Oh, yeah.
10:12That would be easy.
10:12Can I just connect?
10:13Yeah, absolutely.
10:14Um, OK, uh, what is the Starlink, thank you.
10:20Oh, OK, let's go ahead.
10:29Do you want it sent to my work phone while you're dealing with this?
10:32And if I can, I can, I can get it, that's enough.
10:34I'm over here.
10:45Your guys' procedure, do you want all the stuff untouched and left up there?
10:50Is that a certain...
10:51No.
10:52Can that come down?
10:53It can come down.
10:54I can come down.
10:55OK.
10:57No, you're good.
10:57I know.
10:58Got a lot going on.
11:03Okay.
11:05Yeah.
11:12Okay.
11:19Yeah.
11:24Okay.
11:25Okay.
11:26Oh, I'm gonna go ahead and finish.
11:27Oh, God.
11:27Oh, God.
11:28Yeah, I mean it, I mean, it's good.
11:52Hey John, this is Brandon, just to give you a heads up, I'm out with the pilot, the mountainside
11:57is on fire, it's smoldering, it looks like it's starting to grow, it's gonna be on the
12:03Pine Rim side, just east of Bear Creek there, no it was a training exercise, there's an F-18
12:15training exercise, there's no live conditions on there, so that's where we're at, and yeah it's up like Pine Creek
12:25Road, the best I could describe it there,
12:27we're right on the end of the corner, it's up towards Pine Creek, I do not see the engine, they're
12:40up there, okay, okay, I'll flag them down then if I see them up here,
12:49perfect, okay, perfect, so, all right, sounds good, perfect, perfect, okay, all right, thanks,
13:04I'm gonna go grab his stuff
13:05One, six, eight, seven, four, six, seven.
13:59One, seven, six, seven, seven, two, seven.
14:32So, let's get started.
14:51I don't know.
15:13I don't know.
15:44I don't know.
16:1894 on Bethel, go ahead.
16:3294 Affirm, it's going to be about a mile before the bridge is out, so you're going to have
16:35to go around the upper road, clearly.
16:59I don't know.
17:12I don't know.
17:29I don't know.
17:55I don't know.
18:05I don't know.
18:23I don't know.
18:28Oh, it's up there?
18:39I can take you to the hospital.
18:44Okay.
18:44I will pass that to you.
18:47It's going to be...
18:47And lastly, we're going to have a site somewhere near Point Charlie.
18:51Is that correct?
18:52Yes, sir.
18:53See that white right at the bottom of it?
18:54It's right there.
18:55Yeah, that's it.
18:55Okay.
18:56Okay.
18:57There's an lake.
19:03Rimrock lake.
19:04There's a ridge just south of that.
19:06I don't know what they call that.
19:09I don't know what they call that.
19:09I mean...
19:10Any assessment of, like, to use?
19:13As far as you can tell, is there any, like, central worms or any robbery damage or any other
19:19lane?
19:20It's all four service land.
19:22I'm getting...
19:23No, sir.
19:23No damage.
19:24I need something to do with this.
19:26My friend believed me, I'm thinking, yeah.
19:41It's put I was going in a hole in this.
19:46Where can I your house isлизid up?
19:51People else divide them.
19:53Where can I make these guys?
19:53These guys give me a huge challenge of this.
19:54We're gonna have him payoff for today.
19:56I guess we can just write down whatever detail you have for kind of a full 5 W's.
20:07Yes sir.
20:08Uh, there you gotta be a standard request for like, uh, you know, a couple of hours.
20:23Uh, just like that, um, follow pass on the data.
20:31Let me tell you something, um, let me go in one.
20:55Uh, so that it's there and, you know, get any details for the next few days before they actually kicks
21:02in, if that makes sense.
21:13Okay.
21:21Okay.
21:27Before we do anything, do you want me to snap a couple photos of you?
21:30What you were like when you, you ejected?
21:33So they just can document exactly.
21:35Oh yeah.
21:35Do you want that?
21:36Yeah.
21:36I'll just take some of them.
21:37I'll just take some from there.
21:37I think that's very, very good.
21:40This is quite important.
21:43This will be the best.
21:44Let's do it from the side here.
21:46Do you want to look straight forward?
21:55Okay.
21:56You guys show them.
22:02Did you guys take photos of anything?
22:04I got him parachuting.
22:05Okay.
22:06Just all I ask is do not post that online.
22:08Okay.
22:09If you would send it to me, please.
22:11Yeah.
22:11I appreciate that.
22:12I'll meet your number.
22:14703.
22:17Thanks.
22:19We were watching the show and then all of a sudden all hell broke.
22:23Yeah.
22:24Didn't hear the jet hit.
22:26Wow.
22:28Okay.
22:29We didn't hear hit at all.
22:31You should have made a big ass boom.
22:33Yeah, it should have.
22:35It hit in the ocean.
22:36It came out slow in the trees.
22:40Do you want me two things left?
22:42Your mask is up there.
22:43I'll grab it.
22:43And your chute's right there.
22:45Do you mind if I walk with you, sir?
22:46Yeah.
22:46I can help.
22:46Yep.
22:52It might be in the paint that moves your chute out.
22:54Yeah.
22:54With the drogue and the seat.
22:56Yeah.
22:57Okay.
22:57So I should probably locate that.
23:05So yeah, right up and see what this brown dead tree is.
23:07I'll show you a better way we can get up there.
23:10We can drive right up there.
23:12Can you?
23:12Yeah.
23:13Right down here.
23:14Okay.
23:15Yeah.
23:15I'm gonna throw the rest of my gear in here.
23:17Yeah.
23:17Hop on in.
23:18I got one.
23:19I appreciate that.
23:20Yep.
23:24Yeah.
23:24Fire comes up.
23:25Can you just let them know?
23:26We're just right up the hill there.
23:28And then, uh,
23:31the only thing, uh, where you were at.
23:32So I'll just grab your mask.
23:34And then that was it.
23:37And again.
23:42Here's your water.
23:43Thanks, sir.
23:43Yeah.
23:46Yeah.
23:46If we want and grab that, then we can drive up here.
23:53This is not in Lewis County.
24:0794.
24:18Can you advise fire?
24:20I'm on the Tyatin Road side, just shy of the South Fork area there.
24:23It sounds like they're having a hard time locating us.
24:28Coms suck out here.
24:30I'm figuring that out myself.
24:32You fly this often?
24:33First time.
24:34First time?
24:35Yeah.
24:35Actually, second time.
24:36I did it yesterday.
24:37Okay.
24:37Okay.
24:38Uh.
24:40It's a beautiful area.
24:41Yeah.
24:42Yes, it is.
24:44We stationed out of California.
24:46So, uh, yeah, I'm out of San Diego.
24:47Okay.
24:47I apologize.
24:48My mouth tastes like bark.
24:49No.
24:49No, you're good.
24:50Dude, I went through...
24:52How many trees?
24:53A whole tree line, probably?
24:54Jesus.
24:57Holy shit.
24:58Yeah.
24:59You're, uh, buy a lottery ticket.
25:00It's a good one.
25:01I think it was you for my last look up.
25:03Yeah.
25:05Yeah, I was working a few years ago when the...
25:07the two gals and the growler.
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