(2 Jan 2025)
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New Orleans, Louisiana – 2 January 2025
1. Wide of police near Bourbon Street entrance, truck blocking entrance
2. Close of police in tactical gear
3. Police near Bourbon Street
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Anne Kirkpatrick, New Orleans Police Superintendent:
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"Also, you are going to see an incredibly large presence of police. And we are, though, confident, but we want our community to feel confident and know they are confident, to be safe. And that’s what we’re going to do. So right now, I can declare to you that the Bourbon Street is open."
5. Various of people in Bourbon Street
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jordan Templeton, visitor:
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"Yeah, it just feels really somber being here, kind of knowing what happened after seeing the videos of what happened and knowing that we were there just a few hours before and then walking down here is a pretty odd feeling."
7. Various of people in Bourbon Street
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jordan Templeton, tourist:
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"I think that if there is anywhere that it’s safe, it’s probably here right now. You can’t walk 50 ft without seeing police, FBI, all other types of organizations all down here. They’re on every single corner inside every single store. So I think if anywhere is safe, It’s here right now. But yeah."
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Anne Kirkpatrick, New Orleans Police Superintendent:
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"People did not die in vain. As a result, we will be a safer city. We will be a safer country. So their deaths are not in vain. And that is our balance. But we will restore we will return to normalcy. And we can do that. And still show respect and honor."
10. Various of 14 flowers laid on the sidewalk of Bourbon Street
11. People in Bourbon Street
STORYLINE:
Bourbon Street reopened Thursday after 14 people were killed and more than 30 injured in New Orleans when a driver rammed into a crowd early on New Year’s Day.
Speaking to reporters New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick declared the street open to the public Thursday afternoon.
"We are confident that we can open Bourbon Street and the rest of our city," said Kirkpatrick, adding that there will be heighten police presence, heavy trucks blocking streets and barriers on sidewalks as a preventive measure to stop vehicles.
Jordan Templeton said he was out in Bourbon Street on New Years Day but had left before the attack took place.
"It just feels really somber being here," said Templeton. "I think that if there is anywhere that it’s safe, it’s probably here right now," he added.
The FBI says the New Orleans truck attack acted alone when he drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers.
The driver had posted videos on social media hours before the early Wednesday carnage saying he was inspired by the Islamic State group and expressing a desire to kill, President Joe Biden said.
The FBI has identified the driver as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, a U.S. Army veteran.
AP video by Lekan Oyekanmi
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