The truck attack by terrorist Chams al-Din Jabbar in New Orleans earlier this week killed 14 innocent revelers and injured more than 30 others, many of whose lives were changed forever.
The youngest victim to die was 18 years old, and the oldest victim was 63 years old. Most of the dead were in their twenties and came from states such as Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, New Jersey and Great Britain.
Of the more than 30 people infected, 16 remained hospitalized, half of them in intensive care units, as of Friday.
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Jeremy Sinsky of Pennsylvania told NBC News that he was in his wheelchair when he was hit. (Paradise Sinski)
Dr. Jeffrey Elder, of the University Medical Center in New Orleans, told CNN that most of the patients at the hospital were treated for “blunt trauma” while a small number of patients sustained gunshot wounds.
Here's what we know about the survivors.
Jeremy SinskyThe 51-year-old, from Pennsylvania, told NBC News that he was in his wheelchair when he was hit.
Sinsky said he has been paralyzed since 1999 and that his “wheelchair was completely destroyed” in pieces.
He said his legs were broken, but said he was lucky to be alive. He remembers being on the ground and seeing the parts of his wheelchair next to him.
Alexis Scott Windham, an Alabama resident, was shot in the foot and suffered multiple fractures, NOLA.com reported.
Friends called her mother for help as she was bleeding on Bourbon Street, and her mother asked them to make a tourniquet to control the blood flow, NBC News reported.
She described what happened to WSAZ and said she was also hit by the speeding truck.
“Next thing you know we hear a lot of screaming, we hear bang, bang, bang. Next thing you know I'm looking to the left really fast. I see a car coming toward me. He had his lights out,” she said.
“As he got closer, I said, 'No, this can't be a drunk driver because he would have wrecked the car by now.' “He was going about 70 miles per hour and was trying to hit as many people as possible.”
A memorial to the victims of the New Orleans attack on New Year's Day on January 1, 2025. (Audrey Conklin/Fox News Digital)
What we know about the victims of the terrorist attack in New Orleans
Two Israeli reserve soldiers were also injured and wish to remain anonymous. The two men, both in their mid-to-late twenties, were as well Granting leave from the Hamas war They decided to travel to the United States as tourists, an Israeli diplomat told Fox News Digital.
two New Orleans Police Department officers They were also injured and are expected to make a full recovery, NOPD attorney Eric Hessler, a former NOPD officer, told Fox News Digital.
The two officers, whose identities have not been released, were on their way to an unrelated call early New Year's morning when the vehicle “passed by them and struck the crane,” Hessler said.
Military personnel walk down Bourbon Street on January 2, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Street camera video the morning of the attack shows a group of officers standing near Bourbon Street immediately running toward danger when a call came in about a suspicious car crash.
Eight victims remain in the intensive care unit at University Medical Center (UMC), NOLA.com reported.
Those who sought medical care at UMC suffered injuries ranging from serious head injuries and ruptured spleens to bullet wounds and multiple broken bones, Elder told the outlet.
Before his rampage in New Orleans, Jabbar posted several videos on Facebook declaring his support In favor of the Islamic State (ISIS)The FBI said.
Of the 14 dead victims of the attack, 13 have been identified: Nekira Dido, 18; Hubert Guthro, 21; Karim Bilal Badawi, 23; Billy DeMaio, 25; Matthew Tenidorio, 25 years old; Drew Duffin, 26; Martin “Tiger” Peck, 27; Nicole Perez, 28; Edward Pettyfer, 31; Reggie Hunter, 37; Elliot Wilkinson, 40; Brandon Taylor, 43; and Terrence Kennedy, 63 years old.
An infographic showing the names of some of the victims of the terrorist attack in New Orleans. (Fox News)
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A New Orleans law firm representing a survivor of the New Year's Day terrorist attack said it has filed a lawsuit against the city of New Orleans and police. New Orleans Police Department For failing to put “basic safety precautions” in place before attacking.
Maples & Connick, LLC, said the city's “negligence set the stage for the tragic events that occurred” early Wednesday, which it said were “foreseeable and preventable.” The company said it will file the lawsuit on January 8.
The lawsuit could be the first of many filed by survivors and victims' families.
Alex Nitzberg, Landon Mion, Audrey Conklin and The Associated Press of Fox News contributed to this report.
