Only because he had a flashlight that FOD'ed the engine so the pilot shutdown. Otherwise, he would have been the FOD.
I saw this clip pretty recently and I think i recall it being said that it was his helmet that cause the engine to seize up...it was sucked off of his head just before his entered.I suppose I could have misunderstood.
Lousy “editing” of my post...but I’m sure you know what I mean! ;-)