President Joe Biden made a digital look on Thursday on the Sugar Bowl, addressing the lethal assault in New Orleans that occurred the day prior.
“At the moment, all of America stands with the individuals of New Orleans,” Biden mentioned in a taped recording forward of the beginning of the school soccer sport, which came about at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome. “We pray for these killed and injured in yesterday’s assault, and we’re grateful to the courageous first responders who raced to save lots of lives.”
“I’m glad the sport is again on for right this moment, however I’m not stunned as a result of the spirit of New Orleans can by no means be stored down. That’s additionally true of the spirit of America. We simply have to recollect who we’re. We’re the US of America,” Biden added.
Following the president’s remarks, ESPN’s Sean McDonough addressed the assault as effectively, saying, “After what’s been a really emotional and troublesome 36 hours right here in New Orleans, the main focus shifts to soccer, and it needs to be a really entertaining and thrilling sport right here right this moment,” in accordance with Deadline.
The Faculty Soccer Playoff quarterfinal sport featured a second of silence honoring the victims. There was additionally a heavy police presence on the stadium in response to the assault.
The Sugar Bowl, by which the Georgia Bulldogs competed towards the Notre Dame Combating Irish, was postponed for round 20 hours after a person propelled their truck onto Bourbon Road, killing at the least 14 individuals and injuring dozens of others through the early hours of New 12 months’s Day.
The FBI has referred to as the incident an “act of terrorism” and mentioned that the motive force, 42-year-old Military veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, wished to point out assist for ISIS. Previous to the assault, Jabbar claimed in a video posted to Fb that he had joined ISIS, in accordance with the FBI. An ISIS flag was additionally discovered hanging off the truck he was driving. Nonetheless, the company mentioned that Jabbar acted alone. He was killed on the scene by police after exchanging gunfire.
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In a press release after the assault, the Sugar Bowl Committee mentioned it was “devastated by the horrible occasions” and supplied condolences to the family members of the victims.
Bourbon Road was reopened hours forward of the CFP quarterfinal sport.