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Following the reopening of Bourbon Street, people are leaving flowers, candles and other items in honor of the 14 victims who died.

President Joe Biden will visit New Orleans next week, with the city still reeling from the deadly New Year’s rampage in which an Army veteran plowed a truck into revelers.

The 42-year-old Texas man once impressed an Army commander with his attitude and work ethic, but over the past few years, his life began to deteriorate.

Bourbon Street reopened Thursday to a light crowd as tourists and locals veered away from the world-famous destination after an attacker plowed through crowds of revealers, killing more than a dozen people on New Year’s Day.

New Orleans had access to effective anti-vehicle barriers ahead of the Bourbon Street attack on New Year’s Eve revelers that killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more, but the city did not deploy those barriers until a day after the carnage unfolded, and the head of the local police department said she had been unaware of them. 

A graduate of a Philadelphia college was one of the 14 people killed in the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day.

“We will not live in hate.” The sister of Martin “Tiger” Bech spoke with NBC10’s Brian Sheehan about her brother and his legacy after he was killed in the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans. 

A moment of silence was held Thursday before the Georgia-Notre Dame Sugar Bowl to honor the victims and those impacted in the New Orleans attack.

FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia said the man who drove into a crowd of people in New Orleans posted videos online hours before the shooting that detailed a plan to commit another attack on his family.

The potential link was just one thread being pulled by officials a day after 15 people were killed when a man plowed a pickup truck through New Year’s Day revelers in New Orleans.

Two graduates of Princeton University are among the victims of the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans. One was killed and the other was hurt. NBC10’s Brian Sheehan has the latest. 

Two Princeton University alumni and football stars were among the victims of the New Year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that his administration “will support the people of New Orleans as they begin the hard work of healing.”

Officials have not yet released the names of the 15 people killed in the New Orleans New Year’s Day truck attack, but their families and friends have started sharing their stories.

Security barriers in New Orleans that were intended to protect pedestrians from vehicles but at times malfunctioned were removed for replacement before an attacker drove a pickup truck into a crowd along Bourbon Street Wednesday morning, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, served in the Army on active duty from 2006 to 2015 and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009, according to three U.S. defense officials.

New Orleans’ two professional sports teams shared a touching message for the city after the violent attack on Wednesday.

The FBI is investigating the New Year’s Day violence as a terrorist attack.

The attack occurred around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday along Bourbon Street, with crowds in the city ballooning in anticipation for the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame.

The city of New Orleans and local community groups are offering PlayStations to people willing to turn in guns.