(3 Jan 2025)
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++UPDATES SHOT 8 TO SHOW HORNBROOK IS RESIDENT, NOT VISITOR++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Orleans – 3 January 2025
1. Mid of people walk past a tiled street sign that reads "Bourbon" on the street corner
2. Various of workers fixing and restoring the exteriors of a hotel
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jennifer Sloan, visItor:
"There is just seems to be a quiet, reflective presence by both those walking the streets here in the French Quarter, even outside the French Quarter. I think people are still trying to process this horrific event. But there’s a bunch of us, I think, who are coming down here to say we will not be deterred. And we believe in the resilience of this city."
4. Various of street shots
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Alex Hayward, visitor:
"This is one of those towns, but it’s just always action and commotion and noise and music."
CUTS IN: (English) Mene Mason: "And it’s a little comforting."
Alex Hayward: "Yeah, it’s almost comforting. And then when the city was so quiet, it was so, I don’t know, like the lack of all of that noise affected me. I think more than anything. You know, you just you could feel it. No, nobody was singing."
6. Mid street shots
7. Various of a street performer
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Carlos Hornbrook, resident:
"It’s it’s sad. It was hard to walk down Bourbon Street today because you’re thinking about the victims, especially, you know when I had friends that knew some of the victims and in a lot of the victims, you know, every one of the victims had a life. They had things to look forward to. And just because this clown had, you know, started this, his life started to spiral spiraling down. You know, he is no excuse for what he did."
9. Various of people on Bourbon Street
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mene Mason, visitor:
"There’s no accidents in life. There’s no coincidences and I think that if you’re in a situation, you’re there because there was something to be learned from it. And we were wondering if we should leave the next morning. And then we made the decision to stay because we put money back into the local economy. Those little things, you know, respectfully, we stayed. And it’s been a way different experience than we normally have when we come to visit. But definitely a more, you know, we learned a lot more about life."
11. Various, carriage moves down street
STORYLINE:
Street performers and football fans returned to New Orleans streets as the city inched back toward normalcy while mourning victims of the deadly New Year’s rampage in which an Army veteran plowed a pickup truck into revelers.
Fourteen people were killed in the attack along Bourbon Street that officials said was inspired by the Islamic State militant group. The driver, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was fatally shot in a firefight with police after steering his speeding truck around a barricade and slamming into the crowd. About 30 people were injured.
Authorities finished processing the scene Thursday morning, removing the last of the bodies. Bourbon Street — famous worldwide for music, open-air drinking and festive vibes — reopened for business by early afternoon.
On the same block where the attack took place, trombone player and lifelong New Orleans resident Jonas Green said it was important for his band to be out there the day after the violence.
“I know with this music, it heals, it transforms the feelings that we’re going through into something better,” Green said. “Got to keep on going.”
Jabbar also stated he joined IS before last summer and provided a last will and testament, the FBI said.
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