from Katie Strang of The Athletic,

...during the second intermission, Baker made a decision with both urgency and permanence. He pulled out his phone, booked a flight home to California and resumed his day’s work as if nothing was wrong.

In those 20 minutes between periods, Jamie Baker decided to end his life.

The team departed for Columbus immediately after the game and Baker kept to himself on the short but painful flight. He leaned his head back on the seat and kept his eyes tightly shut, not wanting to draw attention or make contact with anyone around him. He got to his hotel room in Columbus and plotted, waiting for when he could hop the commercial plane home.

On that flight, he sent four emails: one to his wife, asking for a divorce; another to his boss at the Sharks, tendering his resignation effective immediately; another to his landlord; and one to his good friend Mike Malloy, providing him the trademark to their joint business venture and saying goodbye.

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