The radar intercept officer in the rear seat, Lt. Matthew Klemish, initiated ejection for himself and Hultgreen as soon as it was apparent the aircraft was becoming uncontrollable. First in the automated ejection sequence, Klemish survived. However, by the time Hultgreen's seat fired 0.4 seconds later, the plane had exceeded 90 degrees of roll, and she was ejected downward into the water, killing her instantly.
I thought this might be a joke but wow
I would say nothing of value was lost, but those planes are expensive, and Klemish probably needed quite a bit of after ejection care.
Guy had 0.4 seconds between life and death and hit the button just in time for him only. Act of God.