It didn't take long for sports to take center stage again. In the wake of the car attack in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Sugar Bowl, the traditional January 1 college football game, postponed the day before, took place under heavy police surveillance. In the Superdome, the 60,000 fans observed a minute's silence before kick-off. "We need not let fear paralyze us," said the state's Republican governor, Jeff Landry, adding, "When we do that, the terrorists win." The team from Notre Dame, Indiana, pitted against the University of Georgia, won the match.
Bourbon Street, the famed avenue lined with bars and restaurants, had already reopened. It was here that Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a former soldier living in Texas, drove his pickup truck into a crowd on Tuesday night. The street has since been cleared by sanitation services, while FBI agents were still busy collecting evidence.
In the city where jazz is king, even in funeral parades, a brass band played in front of a makeshift memorial made of yellow tulips and green pearl necklaces, emblematic of Carnival. In front were 14 candles – one for each victim, the 15th person killed being the assailant, according to a revised toll on Thursday, which also counted 35 wounded.
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