Bloodied, ejected Marine Corps pilot seen calm and collected after Washington crash destroys aircraft

Bodycam footage shows a Marine F-18 pilot bloodied from facial lacerations after a June crash in Washington state.

"I'm a little frazzled," Marine Corps Maj. Jackson Simon admitted to a Yakima County Sheriff's deputy wearing a bodycam after the June 13, 2026, crash. Despite that, Simon appeared unfazed by the wreck.

The newly released footage captured the moments after the Marine Corps pilot ejected from his F-18 Hornet before the fighter jet slammed into a mountainside near Rimrock Lake.