Joel Olea Gomez's family wants to know why his family wasn't notified sooner that there was an emergency.
“I’m sorry to give you this news, but your brother passed away,” Marcos Olea said, as he recalled the words a stranger gave him on Wednesday. “My heart dropped. I asked them again: ‘My brother passed away?’ They said, ‘Yes, there was an accident at the job site.' ”Joel Olea Gomez, 27, was trench roughly 20 feet deep when it partially collapsed onto him moments after 4 a.m. Wednesday, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Marcos told NBC 7 that Joel would constantly send him photos and videos of the construction projects he worked on. He told his family he was “so proud” of what he had built and hoped to become a professional welder and run his own company someday.Marcos also said his brother was s exceptionally strong, loving and generous with his time, often working on projects for his family and friends or local church.
Marcos told NBC 7 that the first call he got about his brother’s death was from his union. He said it was after 9 a.m. and the accident happened closer to 4 a.m. Marcos would like to know why his family wasn’t notified sooner — or by another organization — that there was an emergency.
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