Salute!
Doesn't sound good, Bubba.
Usually, the pilot can call home on his iPhone, or the on-scene folks state that the pilot is at a hospital or is in great shape.
This sounds like next of kin notification procedure. Of course, if the pilot ws in the jet when it impacted, then might take a while to make sure the remains were with the jet.
The T-bird crash at Pete Field a few years back had video of the pilot within an hour.
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