Insights into survivors of the New Orleans terrorist attack

Terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s New Orleans truck-ramming attack earlier this week killed 14 innocent revelers and injured more than 30 others, many whose lives are forever changed.

The youngest victim who died was 18, and the oldest was 63. Most of those killed were in their 20s and came from states such as Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York and New Jersey and Great Britain.

Of the more than 30 people injured, 16 remain hospitalized, half in intensive care units as of Friday.

Two Israeli reservists were also injured and wish to keep their names private. The men, both in their mid-to-late 20s, were granted leave from the Hamas war and decided to travel to the United States as tourists, an Israeli diplomat told Fox News Digital. 

Two New Orleans Police Department officers were also injured and are both 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 en route to an unrelated call early New Year’s morning when “the vehicle just flew past them and struck the crane,” Hessler said.

Military personnel walk down Bourbon Street Jan. 2, 2025, in 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 immediately running toward danger when the call came in about a suspicious vehicle incident.

Eight victims are still in the ICU at University Medical Center (UMC), NOLA.com reported. 

Elder told the outlet those who sought medical attention at UMC had injuries ranging from severe head injuries and lacerated spleens to bullet grazes and multiple broken bones.

Before his rampage in New Orleans, Jabbar posted several videos on Facebook declaring his support for the Islamic State (ISIS), the FBI said.

Thirteen of the 14 deceased victims of the attack have been identified: Nikyra Dedeaux, 18; Hubert Gauthreaux, 21; Kareem Bilal Badawi, 23; Billy DiMaio, 25; Matthew Tenedorio, 25; Drew Dauphin, 26; Martin “Tiger” Bech, 27; Nicole Perez, 28; Edward Pettifer, 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 New Orleans terror attack.  (Fox News)

A New Orleans law firm representing one of the survivors of the New Year’s Day terror attack said it is filing a lawsuit against the City of New Orleans and the New Orleans Police Department for failing to establish “basic safety precautions” ahead of the attack.

Maples & Connick, LLC, said the city’s “negligence paved the way for the tragic events that unfolded” early Wednesday, which it said “was both foreseeable and preventable.” The firm said it will be filing the lawsuit Jan. 8.

The lawsuit could 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.