Terrorist Shamsuddin Jabbar’s truck-ramming attack in New Orleans earlier this week killed 14 innocent revelers and injured more than 30, many of whose lives were changed forever.
The youngest victim among the deceased was 18 years old, and the oldest was 63 years old. Most of the victims were in their 20s and came from states including Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, New Jersey and the United Kingdom.
As of Friday, 16 of the more than 30 people injured were still in hospital, half of them in intensive care units.
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Dr. Jeffrey Elder of the University of New Orleans Medical Center told CNN that most of the hospital’s patients were treated for “blunt trauma,” while a few suffered gunshot wounds.
Here’s what we know about the survivors.
Jeremy SenskyThe 51-year-old Pennsylvania man told NBC News he was in a wheelchair when he was shot.
Sensky, who has been paralyzed since 1999, said his “wheelchair was completely smashed” and pieces were scattered all over the floor.
He said both of his legs were broken, but said he was lucky to be alive. He recalled seeing parts of the wheelchair next to him as he lay on the ground.
According to NOLA.com, Alabama resident Alexis Scott-Windham was shot in the foot and suffered multiple fractures.
As she lay bleeding on Bourbon Street, her friends called her mother for help, and her mother asked them to make a tourniquet to control her blood flow, NBC News reported.
She described what happened to WSAZ and said she was also struck by the speeding truck.
“Next thing you know, we heard a lot of screaming, we heard bang, bang, bang. Next thing you know, I looked to my left very quickly. I saw a car coming towards me. He His headlights went out,” she said.
“As he got closer, I said, ‘No, this can’t be a drunk driver because he’s crashed now.'” Honestly, he was going about 70 miles an hour and he was trying to hit as many people as possible people. “
What we know about the victims of the New Orleans terror attack
Two Israeli reservists were also injured but wanted their names kept secret. Both men are in their 20s Allowed to withdraw from Hamas war and decided to travel to the United States as a tourist, an Israeli diplomat told Fox News Digital.
two new orleans police department officer Two people were also injured and are expected to make full recoveries, NOPD attorney and former NOPD officer Eric Hessler told Fox Digital News.
The two officers, whose identities have not been released, were responding to an unrelated call early New Year’s morning when “the car just flew by them and hit the crane,” Hessler said.
Street camera video from the morning of the attack shows a group of police officers standing near Bourbon Street running towards danger when a call about a suspicious vehicle accident was received.
Eight victims remain in the intensive care unit at University Medical Center (UMC), NOLA.com reports.
Elder told the outlet that those who sought medical attention at UMC had injuries ranging from severe head injuries and lacerated spleens to bullet grazing and multiple fractures.
Before the rampage in New Orleans, Kareem posted multiple videos on Facebook expressing his support for the Islamic State (ISIS)the FBI said.
Thirteen of the 14 victims of the attack have been identified: Nikyra Dedeaux, 18; Hubert Gauthro, 21; Karim Bilal Ba Davey, 23; Billy DiMaio, 25; Matthew Tenedorio, 25; Drew Dove, 26; Martin “Tiger” Bache, 27 Nicole Perez, 28; Edward Pettyfer, 31; Reggie Hunter, 37; Elliot Wilkinson, 40; Brandon Taylor, 43; and Tyron S. Kennedy, 63.
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A New Orleans law firm representing one of the survivors of the New Year’s Day terror attacks said it is filing a lawsuit against the city and government of New Orleans. new orleans police department Failure to establish “basic safety precautions” before the attack.
Maples & Connick, LLC said the city’s “negligence paved the way for the tragic events that occurred early Wednesday” and said it was “both foreseeable and preventable.” The company said it would file the lawsuit on January 8.
The lawsuit could be the first of many filed by survivors and victims’ families.
Fox News’ Alex Neitzberg, Landon Mion, Audrey Conklin and The Associated Press contributed to this report.