The journalist’s body and equipment Grant Wahl was repatriated to the United States on Monday after his death last week while covering the World Cup in Qataraccording to the State Department at Kennedy airport.
They were accompanied by a consular officer from the US embassy in Doha who has had custody of Wahl’s remains since shortly after he collapsed during Friday’s match between Argentina and the Netherlands and later died.
State Department spokesman Ned Price said the US had no reason to believe Wahl’s death was the result of anything unusual and praised Qatari authorities for fully cooperating with the embassy in the settlement. of repatriation. “We haven’t seen any signs of foul play or anything farious so far,” Price told reporters in Washington. Wahl, an American journalist who helped boost soccer’s popularity in the United States and reported on some of the sport’s biggest stories, is 49 years old.
Tributes to Wahl have poured in since his death, and on Monday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken added his voice to the chorus of thanks. “I am very grateful to Grant Wahl, whose writing captured not only the essence of this beautiful sport but also the world around it,” Blinken wrote on Twitter about an hour after the repatriation was completed.
Wahl, who complained of breathing problems earlier in the week and was treated for a possible case of bronchitis, returned to his seat in a section of Lusail Stadium reserved for reporters during extra time, and asked for help the reporters next door. . Emergency service workers responded quickly, treating him for 20 to 30 minutes ‘in situ’ and then taking him out on a stretcher.
Source: La Verdad
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