The article goes out of its way to not describe certain parts of the context. My understanding is the SEALs left him for dead, and he wasn't dead. It seems there's a growing bitterness against SEALs in the military community, always the heroes in movies, and then trying to push stuff like this under the rug.
https://www.newsweek.com/2018/05/18/navy-seals-seal-team-6-l...