Terrible New Year’s terrorist attack in New Orleans left more than a dozen dead and more injured after the now-deceased suspect — identified by authorities as Shamsud-Din Jabbar — rammed a vehicle into people and opened fire.
Speaking to NBC News from his hospital bed, Jeremi Sensky, one of the survivors, recalled lying on the ground and seeing parts of his wheelchair beside him.
He said he assumed he was hit by a truck.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE VICTIMS OF THE TERRORIST ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS
Jeremy Senski (SKY SKY)
Sensky — who told the paper he has been paralyzed since 1999 — said his “wheelchair was completely smashed” with parts scattered.
“So something hit me,” he said.
While he told ABC News that the bones in both of his legs were broken, he also said he felt “happy.”
“I’m alive,” he remarked.
Jeremi Sensky and others (SKY SKY)
dr. Jeffrey Elder of the University Medical Center New Orleans told CNN that most of the patients at the facility suffered from “blunt trauma,” while a few patients suffered from gunshot wounds.
During an appearance on NewsNation’s “Banfield,” survivor Paige Bryan recalled seeing people hit by the vehicle, describing the experience as “very, very, very traumatic.”
Shamsud Din-Jabbar shown in an undated photo released by the FBI after he drove his pickup truck down Bourbon Street in New Orleans and died in a shootout with responding officers. (FBI)
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden plan to travel to New Orleans on Monday, where they will “grieve with the families and community members affected by the tragic attack on Jan. 1 and meet with officials on the ground,” according to the White House.
Fox News’ Caroline McKee contributed to this report.
