You were going to die if you got your data back. Your avatar had taken too much damage, and none of the other nitwits around could have gotten everything back in one piece.

[Kefka wobbles over to the pod and sits down next to it. He hands Jin an ornate mask.]

Here. This will worldhop you to safety when you put it on. I figure that'd be easier than having you fight your way out. [He leans on the pod's side, then winces.] Owwww, those things need to stop having such good aim. Nasty things.