{"id":526416,"date":"2022-12-13T22:23:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/grant-wahls-brother-regrets-making-claim-that-his-brother-was-killed\/"},"modified":"2022-12-13T22:23:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:23:32","slug":"grant-wahls-brother-regrets-making-claim-that-his-brother-was-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/grant-wahls-brother-regrets-making-claim-that-his-brother-was-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"#Grant Wahl&#8217;s brother regrets making claim that his brother was killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b1a4318b6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b1a4318b6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/grant-wahls-brother-regrets-making-claim-that-his-brother-was-killed\/#%E2%80%9CGrant_Wahls_brother_regrets_making_claim_that_his_brother_was_killed%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Grant Wahl&#8217;s brother regrets making claim that his brother was killed&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGrant_Wahls_brother_regrets_making_claim_that_his_brother_was_killed%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Grant Wahl&#8217;s brother regrets making claim that his brother was killed&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The brother of\u00a0US soccer journalist Grant Wahl told The Post on Tuesday he \u201cregrets\u2019\u2019 suggesting someone may have killed his sibling at the World Cup in Qatar last week.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Wahl explained that he was \u201cin shock\u201d when he posted a video to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> over the weekend theorizing someone murdered his brother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI regret the video,\u201d Wahl said as he left the Manhattan apartment of his brother\u2019s widow, Dr. C\u00e9line Gounder. \u201cI was in shock, and I just had limited information to go on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m especially sorry to any people in the Muslim world that I offended. It was never my intention,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Grant Wahl, 49, had complained about having a \u201cdeath rattle cough\u201d from a stubborn case of bronchitis shortly before he collapsed while covering Argentina\u2019s quarter-final win against the Netherlands on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-042.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A picture of Eric Wahl, brother of american journalist, Grant Wahl.\" class=\"wp-image-24996189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-042.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-042.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-042.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Eric Wahl, brother of the late US soccer journalist Grant Wahl, says he no longer suspects foul play in his sibling\u2019s death and \u201cregrets\u201d the claim.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Miller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eric previously speculated foul play may have been involved in his brother\u2019s demise since the influential soccer writer was an outspoken critic of the Qatari government and received death threats after wearing a rainbow shirt to a match.<\/p>\n<p>The grieving brother even took to Instagram at one point to proclaim\u00a0someone \u201ckilled\u201d his brother, although the troubling post is no longer public.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, Eric wrote on Twitter, \u201cThe family will release a statement as to cause of death soon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-044.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"A picture of Eric Wahl.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-044.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-044.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-044.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-044.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-044.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Eric Wahl explained that he was &#8220;in shock&#8221; when he posted the video to social media over the weekend, believing someone killed his brother.                                <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Robert Miller<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-045.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"A picture of Eric Wahl.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-045.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-045.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-045.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-045.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-045.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    &#8220;I&#8217;m especially sorry to any people in the Muslim world that I offended. It was never my intention,&#8221; Wahl said.<br \/>\n                                <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Robert Miller<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But \u201cI no longer suspect foul play,\u201d the sibling added, noting that \u201cit seems possible Grant experienced a pulmonary embolism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eric also initially claimed there was no portable defibrillator in the stadium but then by Monday had issued a correction on Twitter, writing that \u201cper a US gov official, FIFA is saying AEDs were available at the stadium,\u201d referring to the devices.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear why a defibrillator was not used on Wahl.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"761\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-046.jpg?w=761\" alt=\"A picture of Grant Wahl.\" class=\"wp-image-24996303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-046.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1522 1522w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-046.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1142 1141w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-046.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=761 761w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-046.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=381 380w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-046.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\"\/><figcaption>Grant Wahl claimed that he was briefly detained when he tried to enter a World Cup stadium in Qatar while wearing a rainbow shirt in support of the LGBTQ community.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Grant Wahl via REUTE<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eric tearfully spoke to The Post on Tuesday about how Grant was always there for others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s probably one of the most humble people I ever knew and was a great champion of marginalized people,\u201d Eric said, his voice cracking while fighting to hold back tears.<\/p>\n<p>He also shared photos of a card attached to a bouquet that was sent to Grant\u2019s widow, which reads: \u201cWith sincere condolences NASCAR, Racing Operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-049-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"A picture of Grant Wahl.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-049-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-049-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-049-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-049-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-049-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Grant Wahl had complained about having a &#8220;death rattle cough&#8221; from a stubborn case of bronchitis shortly before he collapsed at the World Cup.                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Getty Images<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-047.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Flowers and a picture in memory of Grant Wahl.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-047.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-047.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-047.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-047.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-047.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Flowers and a picture in memory of Grant Wahl was setup at the World Cup in Qatar.                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">FIFA via Getty Images<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Grant Wahl\u2019s body was brought to New York City on Monday for an\u00a0independent autopsy.\u00a0His widow, Gounder, an infectious-disease physician who works at Bellevue Hospital, brought his body to a city medical examiner Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Gounder on Tuesday shared a photo of her with Wahl on Twitter, writing, \u201cI miss you, @GrantWahl.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grant Wahl made headlines at the World Cup when he was initially not allowed to enter the stadium because he was wearing a shirt with a soccer ball surrounded by a rainbow in support of the LGBTQ+ community before a US and Wales <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Isabel Keane<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/13\/grant-wahls-brother-regrets-making-claim-that-his-brother-was-killed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Grant Wahl&#8217;s brother regrets making claim that his brother was killed&#8221; The brother of\u00a0US soccer journalist Grant Wahl told The Post on Tuesday he \u201cregrets\u2019\u2019 suggesting someone may have killed his sibling at the World Cup in Qatar last week. Eric Wahl explained that he was \u201cin shock\u201d when he posted a video to social&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":526417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/grant-wahl-comp.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[137159,127469,24175,5057,71957,4976,1931],"class_list":["post-526416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-12-13-22","tag-2022-world-cup","tag-death","tag-journalists","tag-qatar","tag-social-media","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}