(2 Jan 2025)
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New Orleans – 2 January 2025
1. Wide of gates being put in place
2. Mid of police presence
3. SOUNDBITE (English) John Donohue, San Antonio, Texas resident:
"It’s a terrible thing that happened down on Bourbon Street but the terrorists don’t want us to do anything. They just want us to be terrorized and not go on and my prayers go out to the family and friends that lost someone or that were injured but we’re going to come here tonight and celebrate them and a good game hopefully."
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tracy Goode, Katy, Texas resident:
"I have zero concern. I will keep my eye out but no I’m not concerned at all."
5. Various of Georgia and Notre Dame fans
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Mast, first time New Orleans visitor:
"If I had any concern I wouldn’t be down here you know. I mean the governor brought in some national guard troops and to help with reinforcement with security and stuff and like I told these guys, the law enforcement is going to be on high alert."
7. Various of police presence
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Mast, first time New Orleans visitor:
"It could happen anywhere you go, you know I mean it could happen in the smallest town or the biggest town. It don’t matter. It’s sad that we got to worry about that in today’s day and age."
9. Various of Superdome and fans
STORYLINE:
Security was ramped up around the Superdome on Thursday as fans arrived a day later than scheduled for the Sugar Bowl — a game serving this season as a College Football Playoff quarterfinal between Notre Dame and Georgia.
Fans attending the game tell the AP they are not worried for their safety after an attack early Wednesday in the nearby French Quarter, where authorities say a truck driver deliberately plowed into a New Year’s crowd — killing 14 people and injuring more than 30.
"If I had any concern I wouldn’t be down here" Kevin Mast says dressed in Irish green and gold.
The attack occurred on Bourbon Street, which runs through the heart of the French Quarter and is famously lined with bars, restaurants and clubs, near the corner of Canal Street, a main downtown artery.
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