While Witnesses to US soccer reporter Grant Wahl’s death this week aired new claims concerning the lack of safety precautions in place at the $1billion stadium where the journalist suddenly died, Grant Wahl’s wife has arranged for an independent autopsy to be conducted on his body in New York City after he suddenly died while covering the World Cup in Qatar, sources told The Post.
Wahl’s wife, Dr. Céline R. Gounder, an infectious disease physician who works at Bellevue Hospital, is having his body brought to a city medical examiner on Monday, sources said.
The late journalist’s brother, Eric, also wrote on Monday in an update: “We are traveling with Grant’s body to the medical examination & autopsy.”
He added: “Thank you to American Airlines for their incredible help. Thank you to the NY Port Authority & the US government. Humbled.”
Wahl’s brother previously raised questions about whether foul play was involved in the death of the prominent soccer journalist, who had been an outspoken critic of the Qatari government.
Wahl, 49, collapsed on Friday while covering the quarter-final game between Argentina and the Netherlands.
