The horrific terrorist attack on New Year's Day New Orleans It left more than a dozen people dead, and more than one injured, after the now-deceased suspect — identified by authorities as Shams al-Din Jabbar — ran over people with a vehicle and opened fire.
Speaking to NBC News from a hospital bed, Jeremy Cinsky, one of the survivors, recalled lying on the floor and seeing the parts of his wheelchair next to him.
He said he assumed the truck hit him.
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Jeremy Sinsky (Sky Sinski)
Sinsky — who told the outlet he has been paralyzed since 1999 — said his “wheelchair was completely destroyed” with scattered pieces.
“So something hit me,” he said.
While he told ABC News that his leg bones were broken, he also said he feels “lucky.”
“I'm alive,” he noted.
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Dr. Jeffrey Elder of the University Medical Center of New Orleans told CNN that most patients at the facility suffered “blunt trauma” while a small number of patients suffered gunshot wounds.
During an appearance on NewsNation's “Banfield,” survivor Paige Bryan recalled seeing people get hit by the car, calling the experience “very, very, very traumatic.”
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Shams al-Din Jabbar appears in an undated photo released by the FBI after he was attacked on Bourbon Street in New Orleans with a pickup truck and died in a shootout with officers who responded to the attack. (FBI)
president Joe Biden First Lady Jill Biden is scheduled to travel to New Orleans on Monday, where they “will grieve with families and community members affected by the tragic attack on January 1 and meet with officials on the ground,” according to the White House.
Fox News' Carolyn McKee contributed to this report.
