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The New Orleans Saints have pledged to donate $1 million to reduction efforts for the victims of the fear assault within the French Quarter on New Year’s Day.
Fourteen individuals had been killed, and dozens had been left injured, after a person drove alongside Bourbon Street in a white pickup truck, donned with an ISIS flag, at harmful speeds.
The French Quarter is lower than two miles away from Caesars Superdome, the place the Saints play their house video games.
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“Our group has skilled an unimaginable tragedy and our collective hearts are damaged as we mourn for the victims and survivors on the New Year’s Day terror assault in New Orleans,” Saints proprietor Gayle Benson stated in a press release. “As a league, our cities and groups compete on the highest ranges of competitors and share spirited rivalries. Our staffs and gamers work tirelessly in direction of reaching our targets and we share in victories and defeats.
“However, by way of soccer we’re additionally united and we stand arm-in-arm towards all types of hatred. We will vanquish terror and worry with an unwavering resolve and goal rooted in love, compassion and kindness. Our focus has at all times been on offering help shortly and successfully, and we’re grateful for the collaboration with each the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) and United Way to make sure that these funds attain those that want them most.”
The subject earlier than the sport between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Georgia Bulldogs at Caesars Superdome. (Stephen Lew-Imagn Images)
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Because of the assault, the Sugar Bowl, which was performed on the Saints’ stadium, was postponed a day. The stadium was full of heightened safety, however that didn’t cease followers from packing the home anyway.
After the nationwide anthem, chants of “USA!” rang out from the gang – a second of silence for the victims preceded the anthem.
Security and bomb-sniffing canines examine autos as they enter the Superdome parking storage forward of the Sugar Bowl NCAA College Football Playoff sport, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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The Saints performed their last house sport of the season again on Dec. 29. They will wrap up their season in Tampa Bay towards the Buccaneers.
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