Anyone at least 4 feet tall and weighing between 65 and 250 pounds can take in the 90-minute guided tour, according to its website. The zip line course, which opened in 2015, features “thrilling” rides up to 2,700 feet long in which riders can reach speeds up to 55 mph. Responding fire crews used ropes and a rescue basket to get him to safety before he was airlifted to a hospital, where he later died.

Frank LoCoco told the Union-Tribune Romero fell roughly 70 feet.

The woman he was helping was not hurt, the witness told the station.Ĭal Fire Department Capt. Romero then decided to let go of the woman’s harness in fear that their combined weight would cause the zip line to fall, KSWB reported. Norma Contreras said that they are keeping Joaquin Romero “and his family in our prayers.” Facebook Moments earlier, Romero was assisting a woman getting hooked onto a platform when she started sliding out on the line, a witness told KSWB.īut Romero couldn’t stop her, so he grabbed onto her harness, causing them both to drift out on the zip line while about 100 feet up, the unidentified witness said. Frank LoCoco said Joaquin Romero fell roughly 70 feet during the incident. Joaquin Romero died from his injuries after selflessly helping a stranded woman at La Jolla Zip Zoom Zipline, in Pauma Valley, California. Joaquin Romero, 34, died from his injuries Monday, two days after he selflessly helped a stranded woman while working at La Jolla Zip Zoom Zipline on the La Jolla Indian Reservation, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.Īuthorities told the newspaper Romero, of Banning, plunged about 70 feet to the ground, suffering several blunt force injuries. A heroic California zip line course worker sacrificed himself while helping a woman in distress - falling at least 70 feet and dying days later, according to reports.

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