What began as a simple suggestion to go watch hockey took a dramatic turn in a family in Kuopio when the mother called emergency services about an hour after her husband left home. According to Iltalehti, the father later received heartbreaking news during the game and collapsed to his knees inside the hockey arena.

The mother had suggested that her husband go to the hockey match, and he eventually agreed, even though he sensed that something serious might be behind the request. In the account cited by Hannu Lauerma, the call came shortly afterwards to both emergency services and the children’s father, but no further details have been made public.

The case shows how quickly an ordinary evening can turn into a family crisis. What happened after the call and how the situation developed next remain unclear.