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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday visited the site of a New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans that left 14 people dead and dozens more injured when an Army veteran In the United States he attacked a truck in a crowd of noisy people.
Biden and his wife, Jill, stopped on Bourbon Street to pay their respects to those who died there before going to the church for the memorial. The first lady placed a bouquet of flowers in front of the temporary memorial. The president stood with his wife and crossed himself.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the Texas man who was driving a truck and was killed in a shootout with police, was an Army veteran who was struggling through a recent divorce but had shown no signs of anger in weeks what happened before the attack, according to his report. half brother
The FBI said the 42-year-old, who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State extremist group, turned himself in.
Biden, a Democrat who leaves office on January 20, met with families, survivors and local law enforcement affected by the attack and spoke at a service at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis, King of France.
“I know that events like this are difficult, the shock and the pain are still very bad… It’s not the same. We know what it’s like to lose a part of our soul,” Biden told the when they were there.
Biden, like other presidents before him, has made many trips during his time in office to comfort the public after natural disasters or acts of violence.
The president’s first wife and infant daughter died in a car accident, and one of his grown sons died of cancer.
“If there’s one thing we know, New Orleans epitomizes strength and resilience,” he said.
