Shamsud-Din Jabbar's truck attack in New Orleans earlier this week killed 14 innocent people and injured over 30, many of whom had their lives changed forever.
The youngest victim who died was 18 years old, and the oldest was 63 years old. Many of those killed were in their 20s and came from states like Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York and New Jersey and Great Britain.
Of the more than 30 people injured, 16 are still hospitalized, half of them in intensive care units since Friday.
BROTHER OF NEW ORLEANS ATTACK SUSPECT FINALLY FAILS
Jeremy Senski of Pennsylvania told NBC News that he was in his wheelchair when he was hit. (Heaven Sensky)
Dr. Jeffrey Elder of the University Medical Center in New Orleans told CNN that most of the patients at the hospital were treated for “brutal trauma” while a few patients had gunshot wounds.
Here's what we know about the survivors.
Jeremy Sensky, 51, of Pennsylvania, told NBC News that he was in his wheelchair when he was hit.
Sensky said he has been disabled since 1999 and his “wheelchair was in shock” disintegrating.
He said both his legs were broken but he was lucky to be alive. He remembered lying on the floor, seeing parts of his wheelchair beside him.
Alexis Scott-Windham, a resident of Alabama, was shot in the leg and suffered multiple fractures, NOLA.com reported.
His friends called his mother for help as he lay bleeding on Bourbon Street, and his mother told them to apply a tourniquet to control his blood flow, NBC News reported.
He explained what happened to WSAZ and said that he was also hit by a speeding truck.
“The next thing you know, we hear a loud noise, and we hear a pop, pop, pop. And the next thing you know, I look to my left immediately. I saw a car coming my way. He was carrying his. It goes off,” she said.
“When he approached, I said, no, this cannot be a drunk driver because he would have broken down by now. He was honestly going about 70 mph He was trying to hit as many people as possible.
Memorial to the victims of the attack on New Orleans New Year's January 1, 2025. (Audrey Conklin/Fox News Digital)
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE VICTIMS OF THE NEW ORLEANS TERRORIST ATTACK
Two Israeli soldiers were injured and wished to remain anonymous. The men, who are in their late 20s, were given a break from fighting Hamas and decided to travel to the United States as tourists, an Israeli spokesman told Fox News Digital.
Two New Orleans Police Department officers were also injured and are expected to make a full recovery, NOPD attorney Eric Hessler, a former NOPD chief, told Fox News Digital.
The two officers, whose identities have not been released, were on their way to an unknown call on New Year's morning when “a car just went flying and hit a crane,” Hessler said.
Military personnel march down Bourbon Street Jan. 2, 2025, New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Street camera video from the morning of the attack shows a group of officers standing near Bourbon Street quickly running towards the crash when a call came in about a suspicious vehicle incident.
Eight victims remain in the ICU at University Medical Center (UMC), NOLA.com reports.
An elder told this newspaper that those who sought medical help at UMC had injuries ranging from severe head injuries and cut lips to bullet wounds and multiple broken bones.
Before his attack in New Orleans, Jabbar posted several videos on Facebook announcing his support for the Islamic State (ISIS), the FBI said.
13 of the 14 dead victims have been identified: Nikyra Dedeaux, 18; Hubert Gauthreaux, age 21; Kareem Bilal Badawi, 23; Billy DiMaio, 25; Matthew Tenedorio, 25; Drew Dauphin, 26; Martin “Tiger” Bech, 27; Nicole Perez, 28; Edward Pettifer, age 31; Reggie Hunter, 37; Elliot Wilkinson, 40; Brandon Taylor, 43; and Terrence Kennedy, 63.
A graphic showing the names of some of the victims of the terrorist attack in New Orleans. (Fox Stories)
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A New Orleans law firm representing one of the survivors of the New Year's Eve terror attack said it is suing the City of New Orleans and the New Orleans Police Department for failing to establish “basic safety measures” before the attack.
Maples & Connick, LLC, said the city's “negligence paved the way for the tragic events that occurred” early Wednesday, which they said were “foreseeable and preventable.” The company said it will file a lawsuit on January 8.
The lawsuit may be the first of many filed by survivors and victims' families.
Fox News' Alex Neitzberg, Landon Mion, Audrey Conklin and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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