The linked article was one of many published by that source in the immediate period following the accident as new details came to light. Subsequent reports made little mention of the helicopter pilot's role. The "foreign man" at that time was unidentified publicly, so perhaps not as callous a comment as it appears.
The great thing here is that two individuals, seized the initiative, repurposed resources and effected a timely rescue of person who would almost certainly have died had he had to wait for the "official" response.
Well played those men.