Former NFL star Antonio Brown launched a fund for the victims and their households of the phobia assault that befell in New Orleans within the wee hours of New 12 months’s Day.
Greater than a dozen folks have been killed and several other extra have been injured when the suspect, recognized as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, drove a truck right into a crowd of individuals on Bourbon Road. He was killed in a firefight with officers after the ramming and is believed to have been impressed by ISIS.
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Antonio Brown, #81 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, appears to be like on previous to the sport towards the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Dec. 20, 2020 in Atlanta. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Photos)
Brown launched the GoFundMe on Thursday with greater than $3,500 raised within the first few hours.
“This has nothing to do with me and every thing to do with serving to the households who misplaced their family members in New Orleans,” the fundraiser’s description learn. “I’ll work with Gofundme to verify any greenback raised is cut up between the 15 households who misplaced their family members on January 1st. Prayers.”
Brown just isn’t the one NFL determine to lend a serving to hand to victims.
Matthias Hauswirth of New Orleans prays on the road close to the scene the place a car drove right into a crowd on New Orleans’ Canal and Bourbon streets on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Picture/George Walker IV)
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New Orleans Saints defensive finish Cam Jordan donated $25,000 to a fund arrange by the Higher New Orleans Basis and the town of New Orleans.
“I’m becoming a member of @GNOFoundation and the @CityOfNOLA by donating $25,000 to the New 12 months’s Day Tragedy Fund to help victims of the assault,” Jordan wrote on X. “Please think about donating to help the households of those that misplaced their lives and those that have been severely injured.”
New Orleans police and federal brokers examine a suspected terrorist assault on Bourbon Road in New Orleans on New 12 months’s Day on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (Chris Granger/The New Orleans Advocate through AP)
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The assault pressured the postponement of the Sugar Bowl, which is now set to happen on the Caesars Superdome at 4 p.m. ET.
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