New Orleans Terror Attack Leaves 14 Dead and Dozens Injured
Two college students and lifelong friends from Florida are critically injured as authorities investigate the New Year’s Day truck attack in the French Quarter.
- A terrorist attack in New Orleans' French Quarter on New Year’s Day killed 14 people and injured at least 35, including two 19-year-old friends, Steele Idelson and Elle Eisele.
- The attacker, identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was killed by police at the scene; authorities confirmed he had pledged allegiance to ISIS in videos posted before the incident.
- Steele Idelson, a San Diego State University student, and Elle Eisele, a University of Georgia student, remain hospitalized in critical condition after the attack.
- The families of Idelson and Eisele, both graduates of the Canterbury School in Fort Myers, Florida, have expressed gratitude for the support and care their daughters are receiving.
- Victims of the attack include individuals from diverse backgrounds, with communities and universities offering support and organizing blood drives and fundraisers to assist those affected.
USA TODAY 
