According to legend, California zip line worker Joaquin Romero sacrificed his life to save a client.

Social media users are still paying respect to a 34-year-old employee at La Jolla Zip Zoom Zipline on the La Jolla Indian Reservation in northeast San Diego, California.

The father reportedly showed bravery when he hauled zipline worker Joaquin and a client back out onto a line, leaving them dangling in the air.

On October 30, 2021, a client had just completed a course at the Zipline Park when a significant accident occurred.

According to NBC San Diego, the San Diego County Medical Examiner stated in a press release at the time that “after grabbing a zip-line harness on a customer to steady them as they landed on the tower platform, both the worker and the customer were pulled off the zip-line tower.”

“The worker let go of the harness and fell about 50 feet to the valley floor.”

Following their removal from the platform, a friend of Joaquin told FOX 5 San Diego that they believed he let go because he was aware of the weight of two people straining the wire and didn’t want to risk the lady falling as well.

When they brought Joaquin to the hospital, they reported that he had sustained multiple blunt-force injuries in the fall.

Unfortunately, he was given a “poor prognosis,” and his family “decided to place him on comfort care measures, which were administered until his death,” according to the medical examiner’s office.

Norma Contreras, chairperson of the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, sent a statement to FOX 5 expressing sadness and heartbreak over a tragic tragedy involving one of their employees at the La Jolla Zipline. We, like any other employer, take pleasure in providing a safe working environment as well as a safe and enjoyable client experience.

“Given the circumstances of the event, the tribe is launching a thorough and complete investigation in consultation with federal and state authorities.

We won’t be able to discuss this incident further until the investigation is complete. Please join us in praying for our employee and his family.

Investigators eventually concluded that La Jolla Zip Zoom Zip Line ‘failed to satisfy its responsibilities to protect its personnel’.

Derek Engard, the San Diego OSHA regional director, stated, “If they had simply provided the proper protective equipment, this senseless tragedy could have been prevented.”

The Department of Labor reprimanded the zipline park for four significant safety violations, giving the business 15 days to react.

Joaquin set up a GoFundMe page shortly after his death to help with his burial expenses and to save money for his child.