Michael Wise, who became a symbol of the savings-and-loan debacle of the late 1980s, committed suicide in Florida last week.

Wise jumped from the ninth floor of a parking garage at Tampa International Airport on April 8, said Henry Poage of the Hillsborough Medical Examiner’s office, which ruled the death a suicide.

According to the medical examiner’s office, Wise drove a rental car to the ninth floor of the short-term parking garage.

A security video shows Wise pacing, then he stepped off the side. Wise landed in a landscaped area with palm trees and some greenery, said Tampa International Airport spokeswoman Brenda Geoghagan.

He was taken to a hospital but died in the emergency room at 1:39 p.m. The airport’s police department ruled out any foul play or accident.

Wise was chairman of Denver-based Silverado Savings and Loan, which collapsed in 1988.

He was charged and acquitted in the failure of that institution, but he later pleaded guilty to wire fraud related to the theft of nearly $9 million from investors while he was chief executive of Cornerstone Private Capital in Aspen. He went to prison for 3½ years.