{"id":1771063,"date":"2022-12-10T08:33:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T13:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1771063"},"modified":"2022-12-10T08:33:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T13:33:15","slug":"brother-of-u-s-journalist-grant-wahl-who-collapsed-and-died-at-world-cup-i-believe-he-was-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brother-of-u-s-journalist-grant-wahl-who-collapsed-and-died-at-world-cup-i-believe-he-was-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Brother Of U.S. Journalist Grant Wahl, Who Collapsed And Died At World Cup: \u2018I Believe He Was Killed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrother-of-u-s-journalist-grant-wahl-who-collapsed-and-died-at-world-cup-i-believe-he-was-killed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1771063&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The brother of U.S. journalist Grant Wahl believes that his death in Qatar while covering the World Cup was not an accident.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/soccer\/news\/grant-wahl-renowned-american-soccer-journalist-dies-at-age-48\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that Wahl \u201csuffered a heart attack\u201d while in the press box of Lusail Stadium in Doha.<\/p>\n<p>Wahl generated international headlines during the World Cup in November after he wore LGBT gear in support of members of that community who live in fear of criminal prosecution in Qatar. Wahl was detained for wearing the shirt and was told to change his shirt because it was not allowed. He was released after roughly half an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Wahl says that he believes that his brother was killed because he was a healthy person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy name is Eric Wahl. I live in Seattle, Washington. I am Grant Wahl\u2019s brother,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m gay, I\u2019m the reason he wore the rainbow shirt to the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy brother was healthy. He told me he received death threats. I do not believe my brother just died,\u201d he continued. \u201cI believe he was killed and I just beg for any help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a video posted to the Instagram account of Eric Wahl, saying that he is Grant Wahl\u2019s brother.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, he said he is the reason Grant wore the rainbow shirt to the World Cup &#038; that he believes Grant was killed. (Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eewahl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@eewahl<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/krOoXuSjVc\">pic.twitter.com\/krOoXuSjVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeanna Trotman (@JeannaTrotmanTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeannaTrotmanTV\/status\/1601414091205390337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Wahl\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/article\/american-journalist-grant-wahl-dies-while-covering-world-cup\/42204330\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0on his website that he went to a medical facility to receive treatment because he was not feeling well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy body finally broke down on me. Three weeks of little sleep, high stress and lots of work can do that to you,\u201d Wahl wrote. \u201cWhat had been a cold over the last 10 days turned into something more severe on the night of the USA-Netherlands game, and I could feel my upper chest take on a new level of pressure and discomfort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t have Covid (I test regularly here), but I went into the medical clinic at the main media center today, and they said I probably have bronchitis,\u201d he added. \u201cThey gave me a course of antibiotics and some heavy-duty cough syrup, and I\u2019m already feeling a bit better just a few hours later. But still: No bueno.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wahl\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/story\/_\/id\/35221443\/american-soccer-journalist-grant-wahl-dies-49-qatar\">said<\/a>\u00a0on a Thursday podcast that he was not feeling well again went back to the clinic for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI basically canceled everything on this Thursday that I had, and napped and I\u2019m doing slightly better that you can probably tell in my voice that I\u2019m not at it at 100 percent here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing that\u2019s surprising to me actually is there isn\u2019t that much COVID here. I thought there might be a real issue with that,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Wahl\u2019s wife released a statement upon learning of her husband\u2019s death, saying that she was \u201cin complete shock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so thankful for the support of my husband @GrantWahl \u2018s soccer family &#038; of so many friends who\u2019ve reached out tonight,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am so thankful for the support of my husband <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrantWahl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GrantWahl<\/a>&#8216;s soccer family &#038; of so many friends who&#8217;ve reached out tonight.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m in complete shock. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OB3IzOxGlE\">https:\/\/t.co\/OB3IzOxGlE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 C\u00e9line\u00a0Gounder,\u00a0MD, ScM, FIDSA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@celinegounder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celinegounder\/status\/1601404727014879232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The brother of U.S. journalist Grant Wahl believes that his death in Qatar while covering the World Cup was not an accident. CBS News\u00a0reported\u00a0that Wahl \u201csuffered a heart attack\u201d while in the press box of Lusail Stadium in Doha. Wahl generated international headlines during the World Cup in November after he wore LGBT gear in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1890691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7156,7531,7530,7476,6202,3893,5581,6794,3940,7238,7477,6195],"class_list":["post-1771063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-i","tag-brother","tag-collapsed","tag-cup","tag-daily","tag-died","tag-grant","tag-journalist","tag-killed","tag-u-s","tag-wahl","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1771063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1771063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1771063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1771063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}