I suppose in a practical sense, it all depends if we believe the man was capable of telling if the woman was dead or not. I’m a little anti-protocols, in an emergency quite often common sense works a whole lot better.
I’m also pretty sure he’s been grilled and asked to describe exactly what he found and why he acted the way he did.
I’m not so sure he’s been grilled. Keep in mind that the Coast Guard transported a woman directly to Queens Hospital in their big military-transport plane and yet didn’t include that in their public report. They also claimed 9 people on board when we now know there were at least 10 on board. IOW, they are actively engaged in hiding the existence of this woman and flying her out of public view.