Curious why Captain would report Pitch? At less than two seconds to impact?
For a person who suspects he about to meet his maker, and doesn't know exactly how he got in that fix, that action is about the only choice left. It is too late to put the nose down and gain speed. From the Captain's viewpoint, if the plane was (possibly) actually flying, and the control system was (possibly) mis-behaving, then how else could you hope to level out/reduce the rate of sink.
Only problem was, as we know from our use of the retrospectoscope, they were deeply stalled and setting a climb attitude was like re-arranging the chairs on the deck of the Titantic.
Totally Useless!