Why didn’t he click to wipe the device but keep it in lost mode? I could’ve sworn that was an option, and based on the attackers movements, they would have had

Why didn’t he click to wipe the device but keep it in lost mode? I could’ve sworn that was an option, and based on the attackers movements, they would have had to put the iPhone back on the internet at least for a couple minutes to get the Apple ID reset, which would’ve been enough time for the wipe command to process.